revert

intr.v., -vert·ed, -vert·ing, -verts.

1. To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.
2. Law. To return to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs. Used of money or property.
3. Genetics. To undergo reversion.

[Middle English reverten, from Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertīre, variant of Latin revertere : re-, re- + vertere, to turn.]

reverter re·vert'er n.
revertible re·vert'i·ble adj.
revertive re·ver'tive adj.

verb

1. To come back to a former condition: recrudesce, recur, reoccur, return. See repetition.
2. To slip from a higher or better condition to a former, usually lower or poorer one: backslide, lapse, regress, relapse, retrogress. See better/worse, repetition.

v

Definition: return to an earlier, less-developed condition
Antonyms: develop, grow, progress

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To change back to normal, as when a plant of a cultivar that has been selected for dwarf growth, variegated foliage, double flowers, or other special features sends up one or more shoots that look like the ordinary species.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vende tilbage, hjemfalde, falde tilbage

idioms:

• revert to type    genoptage

Nederlands (Dutch)
terugkeren, overgaan op

Français (French)
v. intr. - reprendre, redevenir, (Biol, Zool) retourner/revenir, (fig) reprendre, revenir à, (Jur) retourner à

idioms:

• revert to type    (Biol, Zool) retourner au type primitif, (fig) (le naturel) a repris le dessus

Deutsch (German)
v. - zurückkommen auf, zurückkehren, zurückfallen

idioms:

• revert to type    seinen alten Gewohnheiten nachgehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επανέρχομαι, επιστρέφω, ξαναγίνομαι, παθαίνω υποτροπή

idioms:

• revert to type    επιστρέφω στην αρχική κατάσταση, ξαναβρίσκω τον εαυτό μου

Italiano (Italian)
tornare, regredire

idioms:

• revert to type    comportarsi come prima

Português (Portuguese)
v. - reverter

idioms:

• revert to type    retornar a fazer algo que não se faz há muito tempo

Русский (Russian)
возвращаться

idioms:

• revert to type    снова стать каким был

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - revertir, volver a

idioms:

• revert to type    revertir/regresar al tipo original (volver atrás en la cadena genética)

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - återgå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
回复, 重提, 复旧, 重想

idioms:

• revert to type    恢复原状

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 回復, 重提, 復舊, 重想

idioms:

• revert to type    恢復原狀

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 되돌아가다, 복귀하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 戻る, 復帰する, 立ち戻って考える, 帰する, 立ち返る

idioms:

• revert to type    本来の姿に戻る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعود, يرجع, يرتد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮חזר לבעליו, חזר למצב קודם, חזר‬

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