revert
/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)t/ noun C1- One who, or that which, reverts.
- One who reverts to that religion which one had adhered to before having converted to another.
- A convert to Islam.
- The act of reversion (of e.g. a database transaction or source control repository) to an earlier state. · We've found that git reverts are at least an order of magnitude faster than SVN reverse merges.
- The skateboard maneuver of rotating the board 180 degrees or more while the wheels remain on the ground.
Plural reverts
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“I hastened to you,” continued Beauchamp, “to tell you, Albert, that in this changing age, the faults of a father cannot revert upon his children.
“But,” said Valentine, timidly, “does all the father’s shame revert upon the son?
“It was considered, that you dead, the fortune would naturally revert to your brother, unless he were disinherited; and besides, the crime appearing useless, it would be folly to commit it.”
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