revertedadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈvəːtᵻd/, U.S.

/rəˈvərdəd/,

/riˈvərdəd/

Forms: see revert v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revert v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < revert v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier reverse adj., reversed adj., revert adj.

a. That has reverted (to a custom, state, position, etc.).

ΚΠ

1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror 73 He was the first which erected the band of the Ianissaires, which are reuerted Christians.

1790 J. Dornford tr. J. S. Pütter Hist. Devel. German Empire III. xiii. vi. 199 The Emperor Sigismund had already considered it as a reverted fief.

1796 Brit. Critic Oct. 358 He supposed the reverted annuity to be taken for the payment of interest on the new debt.

1849 Maine Rep. 27 414 The fee in the reverted estate was appendant to the ownership of the southern half.

1911 Bookman Dec. 365 In the next act, the dead Peter..reappears... Throughout the remainder of the action, the reverted Peter Grimm remains intangible, inaudible, and invisible to all the living people on the stage.

1999 N.Y. Times 15 Jan. e51/3 In this vibrant, affecting memoir, Mr. Dubner makes this rapprochement between a Catholic convert and a reverted Jew seem like a revelation.

b. Chiefly Horticulture. Returned to an earlier, original, or primitive state or type. Also: (Biology) returned to a normal or wild type phenotype from a mutant or abnormal state. Cf. revertant adj. 2.In quot. 1939 with reference to a viral disease of blackcurrant which causes the plant to grow in a manner characteristic of the wild type.

ΚΠ

1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. iii. iv. 612 In some cases it has been found that the reverted or pure shoots bore perfect seeds.

1897 Science 3 Sept. 370/1 The continual seminal propagation of such reverted plants should often result in a ‘reversion’ to the cultivated type.

1922 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 9 145 A reverted plant would probably be discarded as undesirable.

1939 H. Wormald Dis. Fruits & Hops ix. 176 The virus eventually extends to all parts of an infected bush, so that cuttings taken from diseased bushes will themselves..develop into reverted plants.

1952 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 67 378/2 It is known that most mutants revert at a low rate..to strains that behave like the original parent. But these reverted strains will not replace the predominant strain.

2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 87/3 Reverted shoot. A green shoot appearing on coloured or variegated hybrids, caused by the plant reverting to its original type.

2. Turned backwards or the wrong way; bent back; reversed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective] > turned the reverse or wrong way

reversedc1390

awkwarda1522

reverteda1616

renversa1652

retroverted1735

retroverse1841

the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > backwards

recurve?a1425

recourbleda1492

recurvate1556

retorted1571

reflected1578

back-turneda1586

reflexed1597

recurved1598

reverteda1616

reflex1633

recurvous1713

retroflected1765

retrorsal1870

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 126 Ant. Where France? Dro. In her forhead, arm'd and reuerted, making warre against her heire.

1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 5 Downe each side of his reuerted chinne A locke of blacke neglected haire.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. §iii. iv. 237 The lesser ground Mosse with Reverted Leaves.

1708 Brit. Apollo 22–24 Dec. We may observe a Reverted Scene.

1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 112 Its feathers stand all reverted.

a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 88 This reverted series..may be put under a very elegant and remarkable form.

1902 Recreation Apr. p. xxii/2 You will now see on the ground glass a reverted picture of the field before the lens.

2003 F. L. Holt Alexander Great iii. 63 The second B after the A might be a mistake that the engraver had tried to correct with a reverted B before the A.

3. Of the eyes, face, etc.: directed backwards.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having backward direction

backward1552

reflexed1595

reverted1658

refluent1741

retroverse1841

rearward1843

revert1854

retral1885

1658 J. Quarles Hist. Most Vile Dimagoras iv. 122 Then with a more, then half reverted eye (Being greedy in his looks) he did espye Hugh flocks of well-fleec'd sheep.

1676 T. D'Urfey Siege of Memphis iv. ii. 47 I read a storm in her reverted Eyes.

a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 87 Now, free reflection, with reverted eye, Wan'd from hot noontide.

a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 135 Yielding modesty, And oft reverted eye.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Time, Real & Imaginary in Sibylline Leaves p. v Yet ever runs she with reverted face, And looks and listens for the boy behind.

1858 H. W. Longfellow Jewish Cemetery xiv Thus for ever with reverted look The mystic volume of the world they read.

1920 G. E. Woodberry Torch (ed. 2) 209 He often bent upon the past reverted eyes.

1961 W. Watson China before Han Dynasty iv. 165 Tall vases stand on a pair of tigers, and tigers with reverted heads cling to the sides.

1995 W. Watson Arts of China (2000) ix. 94 At the top of the middle panel is the peacock flying with reverted head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reverted
释义	revertedadj. Brit. /rᵻˈvəːtᵻd/, U.S. /rəˈvərdəd/, /riˈvərdəd/ Forms: see revert v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revert v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < revert v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier reverse adj., reversed adj., revert adj. 1. a. That has reverted (to a custom, state, position, etc.). ΚΠ 1586 G. Whetstone Eng. Myrror 73 He was the first which erected the band of the Ianissaires, which are reuerted Christians. 1790 J. Dornford tr. J. S. Pütter Hist. Devel. German Empire III. xiii. vi. 199 The Emperor Sigismund had already considered it as a reverted fief. 1796 Brit. Critic Oct. 358 He supposed the reverted annuity to be taken for the payment of interest on the new debt. 1849 Maine Rep. 27 414 The fee in the reverted estate was appendant to the ownership of the southern half. 1911 Bookman Dec. 365 In the next act, the dead Peter..reappears... Throughout the remainder of the action, the reverted Peter Grimm remains intangible, inaudible, and invisible to all the living people on the stage. 1999 N.Y. Times 15 Jan. e51/3 In this vibrant, affecting memoir, Mr. Dubner makes this rapprochement between a Catholic convert and a reverted Jew seem like a revelation. b. Chiefly Horticulture. Returned to an earlier, original, or primitive state or type. Also: (Biology) returned to a normal or wild type phenotype from a mutant or abnormal state. Cf. revertant adj. 2.In quot. 1939 with reference to a viral disease of blackcurrant which causes the plant to grow in a manner characteristic of the wild type. ΚΠ 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. iii. iv. 612 In some cases it has been found that the reverted or pure shoots bore perfect seeds. 1897 Science 3 Sept. 370/1 The continual seminal propagation of such reverted plants should often result in a ‘reversion’ to the cultivated type. 1922 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 9 145 A reverted plant would probably be discarded as undesirable. 1939 H. Wormald Dis. Fruits & Hops ix. 176 The virus eventually extends to all parts of an infected bush, so that cuttings taken from diseased bushes will themselves..develop into reverted plants. 1952 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 67 378/2 It is known that most mutants revert at a low rate..to strains that behave like the original parent. But these reverted strains will not replace the predominant strain. 2001 BBC Gardeners' World Feb. 87/3 Reverted shoot. A green shoot appearing on coloured or variegated hybrids, caused by the plant reverting to its original type. 2. Turned backwards or the wrong way; bent back; reversed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inversion > [adjective] > turned the reverse or wrong way reversedc1390 awkwarda1522 reverteda1616 renversa1652 retroverted1735 retroverse1841 the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > backwards recurve?a1425 recourbleda1492 recurvate1556 retorted1571 reflected1578 back-turneda1586 reflexed1597 recurved1598 reverteda1616 reflex1633 recurvous1713 retroflected1765 retrorsal1870 a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 126 Ant. Where France? Dro. In her forhead, arm'd and reuerted, making warre against her heire. View more context for this quotation 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 5 Downe each side of his reuerted chinne A locke of blacke neglected haire. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. §iii. iv. 237 The lesser ground Mosse with Reverted Leaves. 1708 Brit. Apollo 22–24 Dec. We may observe a Reverted Scene. 1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 112 Its feathers stand all reverted. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 88 This reverted series..may be put under a very elegant and remarkable form. 1902 Recreation Apr. p. xxii/2 You will now see on the ground glass a reverted picture of the field before the lens. 2003 F. L. Holt Alexander Great iii. 63 The second B after the A might be a mistake that the engraver had tried to correct with a reverted B before the A. 3. Of the eyes, face, etc.: directed backwards. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having backward direction backward1552 reflexed1595 reverted1658 refluent1741 retroverse1841 rearward1843 revert1854 retral1885 1658 J. Quarles Hist. Most Vile Dimagoras iv. 122 Then with a more, then half reverted eye (Being greedy in his looks) he did espye Hugh flocks of well-fleec'd sheep. 1676 T. D'Urfey Siege of Memphis iv. ii. 47 I read a storm in her reverted Eyes. a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 87 Now, free reflection, with reverted eye, Wan'd from hot noontide. a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 135 Yielding modesty, And oft reverted eye. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Time, Real & Imaginary in Sibylline Leaves p. v Yet ever runs she with reverted face, And looks and listens for the boy behind. 1858 H. W. Longfellow Jewish Cemetery xiv Thus for ever with reverted look The mystic volume of the world they read. 1920 G. E. Woodberry Torch (ed. 2) 209 He often bent upon the past reverted eyes. 1961 W. Watson China before Han Dynasty iv. 165 Tall vases stand on a pair of tigers, and tigers with reverted heads cling to the sides. 1995 W. Watson Arts of China (2000) ix. 94 At the top of the middle panel is the peacock flying with reverted head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1586
随便看	farce-tragedy farce-writer farced farcedom farcelike farcement farcer farcers farces farcescribbler farcetragedy farcetta farceur farceur pianist farceurs farcewriter farcic farcical farcicalities farcicality farcically farcicalness farcicalnesses farcied farcies