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to revert
01
to go back to a previous state, condition, or behavior
Intransitive: to revert to a previous state
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
revert
3rd person singular
reverts
Present participle
reverting
Past simple
reverted
Past participle
reverted
Examples
After the updates caused issues, they decided to revert to the previous version of the software.
02
to change back to a previous or ancestral form, state, or type
Transitive: to revert an ancestral type
Examples
Over generations, the domesticated plant began to revert to its wild variety.
Lexical Tree
revertible
reverting
revert
