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revert (v.)

c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (from PIE root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend"). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.

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Definitions of revert from WordNet

revert (v.)
go back to a previous state;
We reverted to the old rules
Synonyms: return / retrovert / regress / turn back
revert (v.)
undergo reversion, as in a mutation;
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