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revertible, a.|rɛˈvɜːtɪb(ə)l| [f. revert v.] Capable of reverting; admitting of reversion.
1472–5Rolls of Parlt. VI. 162/2 As long as the said Grauntes or Giftes..stond and be in their force, and not determyned nor revertible to the Kyng. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v. Revert, All honours and royal fees, alienated, revert to the crown, or are revertible. 1801Ranken Hist. France I. i. iii. 252 The whole lands of the Kingdom were still considered as revertible annually to the general assembly. 1807Barrow Life Macartney I. 259 In prevailing upon some of the Company's servants to unite these offices for a time, the nabob..succeeded only upon a revertible condition. |