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   revert

   verb

   • 1. return to (a previous state, practice, topic, etc.): "he reverted to his native language" Similar returngo backcome backchange backretrogressregressdefaultfall back intorelapse intolapse intodrift back intoarchaic:retrograde
   • ▪ convert to (the Islamic faith): "I reverted to Islam five years ago"
   • ▪ return to (a former or ancestral type): "it is impossible that a fishlike mammal will actually revert to being a true fish"
   • ▪ (of property) return to (the original owner) by reversion: "in the event of the building ceasing to become a school, ownership would revert to the Church" Similar be returnedfallescheat
   • 2. reply or respond to someone: Indian "we texted both Farah and Shirish, but neither of them reverted"
   • 3. turn (one's eyes or steps) back: archaic "on reverting our eyes, every step presented some new and admirable scene"

   noun

   • 1. a person who has converted to the Islamic faith.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French revertir or Latin revertere ‘turn back’. Early senses included ‘recover consciousness’ and ‘return to a position’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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