revertiveadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈvəːtɪv/, U.S.

/rəˈvərdɪv/,

/riˈvərdɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revert v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < revert v. + -ive suffix. Compare earlier reverting adj.

Retreating, turning back; regressive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > turning back or reversing course

turning1601

revertive1727

1727 J. Thomson To Mem. Newton 55 Till again The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves A yellow waste of idle sands behind.

1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) ii. xxiii. 108 Sharp-cutting Scythes emerge, with edgy Slant: These, in revertive Bend, we move, at Ease.

1860 Proc. Royal Soc. 1859–60 4 278 It is less easy to give similar evidence of this phase of the revertive principle in other animals.

1970 in J. C. Hsiung Ideol. & Pract. 327 (headline) Thoroughly Smash the Counterrevolutionary and Revertive Conspiracy of Liu Shao-ch'i.

1992 New Literary Hist. 23 778 The hysteric's revertive, transgressive reliving of past.

Derivatives

reˈvertively adv.

ΚΠ

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Revertively, by way of reversion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	revertive
释义	revertiveadj. Brit. /rᵻˈvəːtɪv/, U.S. /rəˈvərdɪv/, /riˈvərdɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revert v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < revert v. + -ive suffix. Compare earlier reverting adj. Retreating, turning back; regressive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > turning back or reversing course turning1601 revertive1727 1727 J. Thomson To Mem. Newton 55 Till again The tide revertive, unattracted, leaves A yellow waste of idle sands behind. 1749 A. Hill Gideon (rev. ed.) ii. xxiii. 108 Sharp-cutting Scythes emerge, with edgy Slant: These, in revertive Bend, we move, at Ease. 1860 Proc. Royal Soc. 1859–60 4 278 It is less easy to give similar evidence of this phase of the revertive principle in other animals. 1970 in J. C. Hsiung Ideol. & Pract. 327 (headline) Thoroughly Smash the Counterrevolutionary and Revertive Conspiracy of Liu Shao-ch'i. 1992 New Literary Hist. 23 778 The hysteric's revertive, transgressive reliving of past. Derivatives reˈvertively adv. ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Revertively, by way of reversion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1727
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