Verb

(en verb)

(now rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.

* Prior

Till happy Chance reverts the cruel scene.

* Thomson

The tumbling stream / Reverted , plays in undulating flow.

To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.

To cause to return to a former condition.

(now rare) To return; to come back.

* Shakespeare

So that my arrows / Would have reverted to my bow again.

To return to the possession of.

# (legal) Of an estate: To return to its former owner, or to his or her heirs, when a grant comes to an end.

To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.

To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety.  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}

(biology) To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.

To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.

To return to a previous subject of discourse or thought.

(intransitive, in Muslim usage, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim) To convert to Islam.

* 1995 , Wiz?rat al-I?l?m wa-al-Thaq?fah, Sudanow: Volume 20

He added that Islam is the religion of justice which rejects injustice, referring to the case of Mike Tyson and how he has become a real problem to the West since he reverted to Islam.

* 1997 , Islamic Society of North America, Islamic horizons

The mission of 'translating' the Qur'an had preoccupied Pickthall's mind since he reverted to Islam.

* 2003 , Islamic Revival Association, Al Jumu?ah: Volume 15, Issues 7-12

But once he reverted to Islam, he attended as many lectures as he could, listened to Islamic tapes and the recitations of Qur'an. Subtly and gradually his moods were stabilized, and he started to have positive outlook on life.

(intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To reply; to come back.

(math) To treat (a series, such as y = a + bx + cx² + ...'', where one variable ''y'' is expressed in powers of a second variable ''x''), so as to find the second variable ''x'' expressed in a series arranged in powers of ''y .

Verb

(revis)

(obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on.

To review, alter and amend, especially of written material.

This statute should be revised .

* 1951', , ''Preface to the '''Revised Edition'', ''The Holy Quran: English Translation and Commentary , 2011, unnumbered page,

There has been a demand for a revised edition of my English Translation and Commentary of the Holy Qur?an since the end of the Second World War.

* 1983', Willard Scott Thompson, ''Chapter 1: The Third World Revisited'', Willard Scott Thompson (editor), ''The Third World: Premises of U.S. Policy'', ' Revised edition, page 15,

The chapter that deals specifically with singular examples is Daniel Pipes? revised study of the Third World peoples of Soviet Central Asia.

* 2008 , Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams. The Craft of Research , 3rd edition, University of Chicago Press, page 203,

The best writers know better. They write a first draft not to show readers, but to discover what case they can make for their point and whether it stands up to their own scrutiny. Then they revise' and ' revise until they think their readers will think so too.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.

I should be revising for my exam in a few days.

* 1957 , Clifford Thomas Morgan, James Deese, How to Study , McGraw-Hill, page 16,

In revising your notes, you can also reorganize them so that they are more legible, better arranged, and in a more useful condition for subsequent reviews.

* 2003 , Stuart Redman, English Vocabulary in Use: Pre-Intermediate & Intermediate , 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 5,

4 Is it necessary to revise vocabulary (= study it again for a second or third time)?

5 Is it better to revise' vocabulary occasionally for long periods of time, or is it better to ' revise regularly for short periods of time?

* 2008', Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield, ''Chapter 19: How to build your memory and '''revise effectively'', ''Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University , SAGE Publications, UK, page 273.