to return to an earlier state, esp one considered lower, worse, or more primitive
to return to a former practice, belief, etc
said of an organism: to develop characteristics that were present in ancestors but have not been present in the species for some time
to go back in thought or conversation
They reverted to the subject of finance
said of property: to return to the original owner, or to the heirs of the original owner, after an interest previously granted to another or others has expired
reverter noun
revertible adj
[Middle English reverten via French from Latin revertere, reverti to return, turn back, from re- + vertere, verti to turn]