Defn: To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
4. (Chem.)
Defn: To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
REVERT
Re*vert", n.
Defn: One who, or that which, reverts. An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller.
REVERTED
Re*vert"ed, a.
Defn: Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.
REVERTENT
Re*vert"ent, n. (Med.)
Defn: A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system. [Obs.] E. Darwin.
REVERTER
Re*vert"er, n.