revert
/ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)t/ verbe C2En français : retomber, retourner, redevenir, renvoyer
- To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
- To cause to return to a former condition.
- To reverse (a change).
- To reverse a change made by (a person).
- To return to the possession of. · When a book goes out of print, rights revert from the publisher to the author.
- 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. · Sometimes a publisher will automatically revert rights back to an author once a book has gone out of print.
- To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.
He/she/it reverts · Prétérit reverted · Participe passé reverted · Forme en -ing reverting
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- revert
- He/she/it
- reverts
- Prétérit
- reverted
- Participe passé
- reverted
- Forme en -ing
- reverting
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
It was not till after dinner that Holmes reverted to the subject.
All was useless, the treasure disappeared, and had again reverted to the genii from whom for a moment he had hoped to carry it off.
After many pauses and many trials of other subjects, Elizabeth could not help reverting once more to the first, and saying,--
“No, count,” replied Monte Cristo taking the hand held out to him by the general; “in this instance I may fairly and freely accept your thanks; but you have already tendered them, and fully discharged your debt—if indeed there existed one—and I feel almost mortified to find you still reverting to the subject.
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