Re*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reverting.] [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.) 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.
Re*vert", v. i. 1.
To return; to come back.
So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again.
Shak.
2. (Law) To return to the proprietor
after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in
part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or
characters of an ancestral type.
4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a
soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in
certain fertilizers reverts.
Re*vert", n. One who, or that
which, reverts.
An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts,
or rather reverts, to the faith.
Fuller.
Re*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reverting.] [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.) 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.
Re*vert", v. i. 1.
To return; to come back.
So that my arrows
Would have reverted to my bow again.
Shak.
2. (Law) To return to the proprietor
after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in
part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or
characters of an ancestral type.
4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a
soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in
certain fertilizers reverts.
Re*vert", n. One who, or that
which, reverts.
An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts,
or rather reverts, to the faith.
Fuller.
