reverting

re•vert /rɪˈvɜrt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + to + object]

to return to a former habit, practice, belief, etc.:He's reverted to smoking again.
Lawto return to the former owner or that person's heirs:The property reverts to the former owners.
to go back in thought or discussion:kept reverting to his childhood.

re•ver•sion /rɪˈvɜrʒən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -vert-.

re•vert (ri vûrt′),USA pronunciation v.i.
v.i.

to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.:They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
Lawto go back to or return to the former owner or to his or her heirs.
Biologyto return to an earlier or primitive type.
to go back in thought or discussion:He constantly reverted to his childhood.

Latin revertere to turn back, equivalent. to re- re- + vertere to turn; see verse
Old French revertir)
Middle English reverten (1250–1300

re•vert′i•ble, adj.
re•vert′i•bil′i•ty, n.
re•ver′tive, adj.
re•ver′tive•ly, adv.

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revert vb /rɪˈvɜːt/ (intransitive) followed by to:

to go back to a former practice, condition, belief, etc: she reverted to her old wicked ways
to take up again or come back to a former topic
(of individuals, organs, etc) to return to a more primitive, earlier, or simpler condition or type
(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
revert to type ⇒ to resume characteristics that were thought to have disappeared

Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin revertere to return, from re- + vertere to turnreˈverter n reˈvertible adj USAGE

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