单词 | reversion |
释义 | reversion n.   1. a the legal right (esp. of the original owner, or his or her heirs) to possess or succeed to property on the death of the present possessor. b property to which a person has such a right.   2. Biol. a return to ancestral type.   3. a return to a previous state, habit, etc.   4. a sum payable on a person's death, esp. by way of life insurance. Derivatives reversional adj. reversionary adj. Etymology: ME f. OF reversion or L reversio (as REVERSE) |
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