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▪ I. revert, n.|rɪˈvɜːt|
[f. the vb.; in sense 2 after convert and pervert.]
1.
†a. Mus. (See quot. 1597.) Obs.
1597Morley Introd. Mus. 85 The reuerting of a point (which also we terme a reuert) is, when a point is made rising or falling, and then turned to go the contrarie waie, as manie notes as it did y⊇ first. 1622Peacham Compl. Gent. xi. 103 Hath not Musicke her figures, the same which Rhetorique? What is a Reuert, but her Antistrophe?
b. A return to some means, etc.
1895Daily News 4 Jan. 5/3 A watery gravel will here be encountered, necessitating a revert to pneumatic pressure as a means of keeping out the water.
2. One who returns to his previous faith.
1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. 84 An active promoter in making the East-Saxons Converts (or rather Reverts) to the Faith. 1880Church Times 26 Feb. 143 Perversions are now few, and the percentage of reverts has been considerable. 1898Zangwill Dreamers of Ghetto III. 96 The faith of the revert was quite fixed. 1927Ld. Braye Fewness of my Days 159 A palace of antiquities, not only for the archæologist but also..for a Revert to the ancient faith. 1960Times Lit. Suppl. 24 June 401/1 Professor Empson is anti-modern. Not a mere revert, of course,..he makes respectful acknowledgment to the views of Blake and Shelley.
3. ‘That which is reverted’ (Cent. Dict. 1890).
▪ II. reˈvert, pa. pple.
[irreg. f. next.]
Reverted.
1632Lithgow Trav. i. 5, I..strain'd to assume..A dying life, reuert in liuing death. 1854S. Dobell Balder xxiii. 117 If who descried The deep sea-gulph, with sudden gaze revert, Sees..A great white cloud.
▪ III. revert, v.|rɪˈvɜːt|
Also 4 roverte, 5–7 reuerte, 5 reverte, Sc. rewert; 5 revart, 6 Sc. reuart, rewairt.
[a. OF. revertir, = Sp. and Pg. reverter, It. re-, rivertere:—L. revertĕre (revertī), f. re- re- + vertĕre to turn.]
I. intr.
†1.
a. To recover consciousness; to come to oneself again. Obs.
13..K. Alis. (7894) in Rouland & Vernagu (1836) p. xxiii, The king reuerted in this gredeinge, And gaf hem al comfortinge. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 3077 He lay in swone longe, or he spak ought,..But whan he reuerted and ros aȝeyn, ‘Alas,’ he seyde. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 782 A! no lengar now I reverte! I yeld vp þe gost! 1560Rolland Crt. Venus i. 686 Ȝit for faintnes..The quhile befoir fra time he did reuert [etc.].
†b. To recover, recuperate. Obs. rare—1.
c1480Henryson Orph. & Eurydice 365 War scho at hame..Scho wald rewert full sone in fax and face.
†c. Of plants, etc.: To spring up afresh. Obs.
c1470Harding Chron. xcv. xii, The grasse and corne, that wolked were afore.., waxed grene and gan reuert. 1500–20Dunbar Poems x. 42 Now spring vp flouris fra the rute, Reuert ȝow vpwart naturaly. 1513Douglas æneis xii. Prol. 230 Throu kynd ilk thyng springis and revertis. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) v. 5 May caussis curage frome the splene, And every thing in May revartis.
2. a. To return, to come or go back, to or from a place or position. Now rare.
c1400Remedie of Loue xiv. in Chaucer's Wks. (1561) 322 b, By the path of penaunce yet woll I reuert To the well of grace. c1450Mankind 405 in Macro Plays 15, I xall go fett corn for my londe; I prey yow of pacyence; Ryght sone I xall reverte. 1509Hawes Conv. Swearers xviii, Come vnto my Joye and agayne reuerte Frome the deuylles Snare. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 842 After that the Erle and he had commoned no long time together, he reuerted to his souldiors. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Nov. 191 Make hast..thether to reuert. 1608Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. Decay 243 The Ten Tribes, transported To a far Clime (whence never they reverted) Sojourn in forreign soyl. 1642H. More Song Soul ii. iii. iv. 33 I'll..force thy feeble feet back to revert, That cannot climb so high a mystery. a1729Congreve Impossible Thing, Old ocean..The child of his own bed receives, Which oft as dipt new force exerts, And in more vig'rous curls reverts. 1765Univ. Mag. XXXVII. 108/2 The lightning..reverted back through a strong wall.
1905Garnett Shaks. 105 Needs must I follow this.., And then, unto my native place reverting [etc.].
†b. To recur; to happen again. Obs. rare—1.
1678B. R. Let. Popish Friends 4 The Fit will certainly Revert, as soon as the malignant Humours can gather Head.
3. Law. To return to the former possessor or his heirs. (Cf. reversion1 1.)
1447Rolls of Parlt. V. 135/2 Al maner possessions..shalle..descende and reverte to such persones or persone, as thay shuld doo and the saide Alianor were dede. 1495Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 52 §1 Hereditamentis whiche to him discended, remayned, or reverted. 1544Sel. Cas. Crt. Requests (Selden Soc.) 108 After whose dethe the said cotage..reuertyd and came into the handes and possessyon of the said defendaunt.
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Formedon, Whose land is entailed to certain persons, and their issue, with condition, for want of such issue, to revert to the donor, and his heirs. 1768Blackstone Comm. I. 609 In this case their lands and tenements shall revert to the person, or his heirs, who granted them to the corporation. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 361 The said premises..should from thenceforth revert over and go to such of his grandchildren as should be living. 1876Freeman Norm. Conq. V. xxiv. 379 It might be forfeited to the State by a process of law; it could not revert to a personal lord.
transf.1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. §103 The projects of Wine and Iron,..the entire profit of which allways reverted to himself. 1737Gentl. Mag. VII. 509/2 Let nine parts of the Tythe revert From Gownsmen to the Poor. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India II. 337 The management of the political interests..reverted to the functionaries in whom they had been vested at the beginning of the war. 1870Evening Stand. 12 Nov., Alsace and all Lorraine are to revert to the conqueror.
4. a. To return to a person or party after estrangement or separation. Now rare or Obs.
c1440Alph. Tales 46 He askid hur husbond if he wold reverte agayn to Criste. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 502 Let vs departe, Hys deth to devyse, syth he wyl not revart. 1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 126 The sinfull than to the reuart, Sall in to gudlie haist.
b. To return to a custom, practice, idea, etc.
1612Bacon Ess., Expense (Arb.) 55 He that cleeres at once will relapse: For finding himselfe out of straught, hee wil reuert to his customes. 1836Lane Mod. Egypt. II. 341 The Christians at that time had reverted to the habit of wearing the white turban. 1861May Constit. Hist. (1863) I. i. 14 To revert to a policy under which kings had governed, and ministers had executed their orders. 1897M. Kingsley W. Africa 364 He reverted to his old idea, that he had had to abandon testing when leaving Brazzaville.
†5. To turn away again, so as to leave or desert one. Obs. rare.
a1542Wyatt in Anglia XVIII. 501, I trust to temper it so, not for to care which do revert; All shall be one. 1557Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 182 Truely to serue with all my hart, Whiles life doth last not to reuart. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 527 The Magistrates,..knowing that the Duke of Britaine and his brother were reuerted and turned to the French partie, beganne..to mourne.
6. a. To go back, to recur, to a former subject of discourse.
1587M. Grove Pelops & Hipp. (1878) 49 But leaue we them..And reuert to the Pallace, where no wight doeth idle stand. 1632Lithgow Trav. i. 26 This much in general.., and so I reuert to mine itinerary relation. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 246 Now I will revert to the Town of Barua, which I left for this short digression.
a1817Jane Austen The Watsons (1879) 359 His attention was so totally engaged in the business,..as never to revert to what he had been saying before. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 31 In the mean time, it will be convenient to revert to the more recent occurrences on the confines of Chittagong. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 70 Plato takes occasion to revert to his old proposal of the use of wine.
b. To return to a subject of thought.
1822Scott Peveril vi, His ideas..naturally reverted to his neighbour. 1842Tennyson Day-Dream 248 My fancy, ranging thro' and thro',..Perforce will still revert to you. 1895C. Kernahan God & the Ant Apol. (ed. 4) 9 In my waking moments my thoughts reverted to my dream.
c. To look back. rare—1.
1820Lamb Elia i. Oxford in Vac., What half Januses are we, that cannot look forward with the same idolatry with which we for ever revert.
7. a. To return to a former condition. Also ellipt.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 219 The Persians kept it till the yeere of our Lord 1605,..when it reverted to Turkish thraldome. 1642H. More Song Soul iii. App. xl. Wks. (Grosart) 122 But those of aire can easily convert Into new forms and then againe revert. 1723Waterland Serm. Wks. 1823 VIII. 458 All things reverted to their primitive order and regularity, calm, quiet, and composed. 1786Ann. Reg., Hist. 32/2 The United States..have reverted to the situation in which England was placed before the acquisition of Canada. 1842L. Hunt The Palfrey iv. 27 They..sit, one moment, bolt upright, But soon reverts each nodding crown.
b. To return to an earlier or primitive form; to reproduce the characteristics of an ancestral type.
1859Darwin Orig. Spec. i. (1860) 14 That our domestic varieties, when run wild, gradually but certainly revert in character to their aboriginal stocks. 1870Henfrey Bot. §878 The plants revert..to the type of one or the other of the parents. 1892Gardeners' Chron. 27 Aug. 236/3, I have endeavoured to raise it from seed many times, but it generally reverts to the White Broom.
c. To fall back into a wild state.
1884Jefferies Red Deer (1892) 14 When ploughed and laid down to grass, unless broken up from time to time, the ground will revert and yield nothing but rushes.
II. trans.
8.
†a. To recall to mind. Obs.—1
1340Ayenb. 128 Þe holy gost..him brengþ ayen to himzelue, zuo þet he..him reuerteþ huet guodes he heþ uerlore and ine huet poverte he is y-ualle be his zenne.
†b. To cause to return, esp. to bring back or restore, to a person, place, etc. Obs.
c1400Rom. Rose 7188 That doth the synfulle folk converte, And hem to Ihesu Crist reverte. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 197 The sawles begynne ageyne after dethe to wylle to be reuertede in to theire bodies. 1494Fabyan Chron. vii. ccxxxix. 279 If the sayd yonge Henry dyed without issue.., than the sayd castellys and holdis to be reuerted vnto the crowne of Fraunce. 1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde Hh vj, Physicions..set boxing glasses vnder the brestes, meanynge therby, to reuert and returne vpward, ye matter enclined to much downewarde. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) ix. 44 Bot ȝour hairt to my hairt rewert, And send me hairt for hairt agane. 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. iv. 49 Those unprofitable and hurtful branches which..revert evil juice to the very root it self.
c. To cause to return to a former condition or practice.
1973Nature 2 Mar. 16/1 It is possible to produce a crystalline area (memory state), to measure the change in optical transmission (read out), and to revert the same area to the amorphous state (erase). 1975Daily Tel. 1 Aug. 2/5 Left-wingers in the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers tried to revert the union to its previous system of electing officials at branch meetings. 1977Evening Post (Nottingham) 24 Jan. 2/7 The suggestion to revert a central site to agricultural use seems both practical and sensible.
9.
†a. To turn away, withdraw. Obs.
c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxiii. 31, I sall in tyme rewairt My luve frome hir agane. 1566Painter Pal. Pleas. I. 89, I wyll giue ouer this vnsemely loue, and reuerting my mynde to some other wyght, I wyll [etc.].
†b. To turn, force, or drive back; also transf. to refute. Obs. rare.
1575R. B. Appius & Virg. in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 129, I will not sure reverted be, my heart shall have no ruth. 1598Florio, Smentire,..to confute, to reuert, to make one say ‘toong, thou lyest!’ 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, ccxv, Firme-written destinie Reverts the Breath of Kings; and playes with it. 1664[see reverting vbl. n.].
c. To turn (one's eyes or steps) back; to direct backwards.
1632Brome Northern Lasse i. vii, And wearilie chance to revert a look Upon the price you gave for this sad thraldom. 1645G. Daniel Poems Wks. (Grosart) II. 20 If you would behold A Beautie to Entice; Revert your pur-blind Eyes; Too blind, and yet too bold. 1716Pope Iliad vi. 641 His princess parts with a prophetic sigh, Unwilling parts, and oft reverts her eye. 1729Savage Wanderer ii. 117 In stedfast Gaze his Eyes her Aspect keep, Then turn away, a-while dejected weep; Then he reverts 'em; but reverts in vain. 1814Cary Dante, Inf. x. 123 But I my steps toward the ancient bard Reverting, ruminated on the words. 1832G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 98 On reverting our eyes, every step presented some new and admirable scene.
10. a. To turn the other way; to reverse, invert, turn up. Now rare or Obs.
a1400Morte Arth. 2918 Thane sir Priamous..Presez to his penowne, and pertly it hentes, Reuertede it redily, and a-waye rydys. c1500Melusine 319 The lustes & playsirs that I was wonnt to haue shal be reuertid in tribulacions & grieuous penitences. 1659T. Pecke Parnassi Puerp. 55 You deny Kisses unto None; none Kiss, But to their Mouths, your Cheek reverted is. 1688R. Holme Acad. Armoury ii. xix. 481/2 Others [bear] a Leg in fesse, the Thigh couped and reverted. 1755B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. 331, I apply my Finger..upon the Top of the Tube, and then invert it;..then I revert the Tube, or turn it up again. 1799Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 269 Since they express the nature and form of a quantity which, by involution or reverting the operation, reproduces it. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. i. i. 1, I shall..revert the arrangement of those amusements, and begin with hunting. 1807–10Tannahill Poems (1846) 36 In many a dogg'rel epitaph..Our ‘ahs!—alases!’ raise the laugh, Revert the tide of pity.
b. Math. (Cf. reversion1 7 b.)
1737Gentl. Mag. VII. 549 Find the Value of z in v, and then revert the Series. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVII. 297/2 Let it be required to revert the series ax + bx2 + cx3 + dx4 + ex5, &c. = y. 1827Hutton's Course Math. I. 228 Assume a series for the value of the unknown quantity, of the same form with the series which is required to be reverted. 1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc. s.v. Reversion of Series, The original series will be reverted on determining the coefficients A, B, C, D, etc.
†11. To reverse, revoke, recall, annul. Obs.
1544tr. Littleton's Tenures (1574) 93 He shal reuert such outlawrye by writ of Error [etc.]. 1563Foxe A. & M. 845 Which byl being red according to the order of the House, was reuerted. 1606Jrnl. Ho. Comm. 11 Apr., Merchants the Guides of Princes for raising Customs:—When they devise it [imposition of customs] quiet; when it is reverted, they startle and stir. 1639G. Daniel Vervic. 67 My name preserve By force of Numbers, which revert the Lawes Of Destinie.
†12. To turn over (in the mind). Obs.—1
1751Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 150 As I have often reverted in my mind certain particulars relating to my two poetical friends, I have always thought [etc.]. |