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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Revert \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.
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Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. --Prior.
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The tumbling stream . . .
Reverted, plays in undulating flow. --Thomson.
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2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
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3. (Chem.) To change back. See Revert, v. i.
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To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx
+ cx^{2 + 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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Revert \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
+ cx^{2 + 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
reverting
adj : tending to return to an earlier state [syn: returning]
n : a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse,
lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion]
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reverting
Αγγλικά n.
επιστροφή, αναστροφή
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reverting
vb.
(present participle of en revert nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
reverting
vb.
(present participle of en revert nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
reverting
vb.
(present participle of en revert nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
reverting
vb.
(present participle of en revert nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reverting
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm r evert ing)
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]reverting /ɹɪvˈɜːtɪŋ/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]navracející
reverting /ɹɪvˈɜːtɪŋ/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]vracející
reverting /ɹɪvˈɜːtɪŋ/ zurückfallend see: revert to sb., reverted, revert to the ChurchFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
reverting /ɹɪvˈɜːtɪŋ/
zurückkehrend, zurückkommend
Synonym: returning
see: return, revert, returned, reverted, returns, reverts, returned, reverted
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ɹɪˈvɝtɪŋ/