revert: Meaning and Definition of
re•vert
Pronunciation: (ri-vûrt'), [key] — v.i.
—v.i. - to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
- to go back to or return to the former owner or to his or her heirs.
- to return to an earlier or primitive type.
- to go back in thought or discussion: He constantly reverted to his childhood.
—n. - a person or thing that reverts.
- a reversion.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.