REVERT', v.t. [L. reverto; re and verto, to turn.] 1. To turn back; to turn to the contrary; to reverse.Till happy chance revert the cruel scene.[Instead of revert, in this sense, reverse is generally used.]2. To drive or turn back; to reverberate; as a stream reverted.REVERT', v.i. 1. To return; to fall back.2. In law, to return to the proprietor, after the determination of a particular estate. A feud granted to a man for life, or to him and his issue male, or his death or failure of issue male, reverted to the lord or proprietor.REVERT', n. In music, return; recurrence; antistrophy.
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