REVERT
Re*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.]
Etym: [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf.
OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.]
1. To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. Prior.
The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in undulating flow.
Thomson.
2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.
REVERT
Re*vert", v. i.
1. To return; to come back. So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak.
2. (Law)
Defn: To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
3. (Biol.)