I asked him to describe the U.S. mission that will likely revert back to the embassy it was more than a half century ago.
Meet America’s Next Ambassador to Cuba|Eleanor Clift|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If a bad edit appeared, the community could simply get rid of it by clicking on a “revert” link.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And will Pam and Cheryl revert back from the Coke Monster and Cherlene?
'Archer Creator Adam Reed on 'Vice,' Season 6's 'Unreboot,' and New Characters|Marlow Stern|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Classically, by turning on/off several genetic switches, scientists can revert cells to a less specialized stage.
Gene Editing Could Erase HIV|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Michael Zhang|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For her sake, New York cannot revert to the way it used to be.
Why New York—and Bill de Blasio—May Haunt Hillary Clinton in a 2016 Campaign|Lloyd Green|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Apparently a small population restricted to a small island tends to revert to the primitive type.
Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats|Joo Moojen
At the end of the six months he will revert to the status of a Reserve Officer.
The Plattsburg Manual|O.O. Ellis and E.B. Garey
But this reasoning will appear much stronger when we revert to other slopes upon the Mer de Glace.
The Glaciers of the Alps|John Tyndall
To revert to Bayreuth, "Parsifal" was produced there in July, 1882.
The Complete Opera Book|Gustav Kobb
Since that time he had occasionally allowed his thoughts to revert to it regretfully, though not bitterly nor rebelliously.
Bressant|Julian Hawthorne
British Dictionary definitions for revert
revert
verb (rɪˈvɜːt) (intr foll by to)
to go back to a former practice, condition, belief, etcshe reverted to her old wicked ways
to take up again or come back to a former topic
biology(of individuals, organs, etc) to return to a more primitive, earlier, or simpler condition or type
USto reply to someonewe will revert to you with pricing and other details
property law(of an estate or interest in land) to return to its former owner or his heirs when a grant, esp a grant for the lifetime of the grantee, comes to an end
revert to typeto resume characteristics that were thought to have disappeared
noun (ˈriːˌvɜːt)
a person who, having been converted, has returned to his former beliefs or Church
Derived forms of revert
reverter, nounrevertible, adjective
Word Origin for revert
C13: from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turn
usage for revert
Since back is part of the meaning of revert, one should not say that someone reverts back to a certain type of behaviour