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revertible
Variant of revert
intransitive verb
- to go back in action, thought, speech, etc.; return, as to a former practice, opinion, state, or subject
- Biol. to return to a former or primitive type; show ancestral characteristics normally no longer present in the species
- Law to go back to a former owner or the heirs of such owner
noun
a person or thing that reverts; esp., one who returns to a previous faith
Related Forms:
- revertible adjective
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