to turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.-to throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.-to change back. see revert, v. i.-to return; to come back.-to return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.-to return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; 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; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.-one who, or that which, reverts.