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Reverting

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Noun

1. backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting

a failure to maintain a higher state

Adjective

2. returning, reverting

tending to return to an earlier state

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Reverting

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noun (ˈriːˌvɜːt )
7. 
a person who, having been converted, has returned to his or her former beliefs or Church
verb (rɪˈvɜːt ) (intransitive; foll by to)
1. 
to go back to a former practice, condition, belief, etc
she reverted to her old wicked ways
2. 
to take up again or come back to a former topic
3. biology
(of individuals, organs, etc) to return to a more primitive, earlier, or simpler condition or type
4. US
to reply to someone
we will revert to you with pricing and other details
5. property law
(of an estate or interest in land) to return to its former owner or his or her heirs when a grant, esp a grant for the lifetime of the grantee, comes to an end
6.  revert to type

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Reverting

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verb intransitive
1. 
to go back in action, thought, speech, etc.; return, as to a former practice, opinion, state, or subject
2.  Biology
to return to a former or primitive type; show ancestral characteristics normally no longer present in the species
3.  Law
to go back to a former owner or the heirs of such owner
noun
4. 
a person or thing that reverts; esp., one who returns to a previous faith

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Reverting

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v. re·vert·ed, re·vert·ing, re·verts
v.intr.
1.
a. To go back to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief: a meadow reverting to forest; a reformed shoplifter reverting to old habits; a speaker reverting to her opening remarks.
b. To resume using something that has been disused: had to revert to the typewriter when the computer failed.
2. Law To be returned to the former owner or to the former owner's heirs. Used of money or property.
3. Genetics To undergo reversion.
4. Chiefly South Asian To reply.
v.tr.
1. To cause to go back to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief: "The doctor was reverted to the rank of Assistant Surgeon" (George Orwell).
2. Law To return (an estate, for example) to the grantor or the grantor's heirs or successor.

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