REVERT', verb transitive [Latin reverto; re and verto, to turn.] 1. To turn back; to turn to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert the cruel scene. [Instead of revert in this sense, reverse is generally used.] 2. To drive or turn back; to reverberate; as a stream reverted. REVERT', verb intransitive 1. To return; to fall back. 2. In law, to return to the proprietor, after the determination of a particular estate. A feud granted to a man for life, or to him and his issue male, or his death or failure of issue male, reverted to the lord or proprietor. REVERT', noun In music, return; recurrence; antistrophy.
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