reverted; reverting; reverts
1
: to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
2
: to return to the proprietor or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion
3
: to return to an ancestral type
reverter
noun
Examples of revert in a Sentence
after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
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An interesting twist at the show’s end reverts us back to just how up, down and up again life in and out and in the instant (and in this case criminal) celebrity spotlight can be.
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024
That’s why the endgame of the eradication initiative calls for stopping all use of OPV once the wild virus is gone and introducing vaccine made of inactivated virus (IPV), which can’t revert, into routine immunization.
—Byleslie Roberts, science.org, 7 May 2024
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Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024
That’s why the endgame of the eradication initiative calls for stopping all use of OPV once the wild virus is gone and introducing vaccine made of inactivated virus (IPV), which can’t revert, into routine immunization.
—Byleslie Roberts, science.org, 7 May 2024
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“Revert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revert. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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revert
verb
re·vert
ri-ˈvərt 
1
: to come or go back
reverted to the customs of their ancestors
2
: to experience reversion
Medical Definition
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revert
intransitive verb
re·vert
ri-ˈvərt
1
: to come or go back (as to a former status or state)
if the donee of a general power fails to exercise it…the appointive assets revert to the donor's estate—W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.
W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al.2
: to return to the grantor or his or her heirs as a reversion
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