Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Turning back; retreating; retiring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Reverting, or tending to revert; returning.
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- adjective Reverting, or tending to
revert ;returning .
Etymologies
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revert + -ive?
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Examples
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Here was an illustration of that revertive tendency in the sections which has maintained the national equilibrium.
The United States of America, Part 1 Edwin Erle Sparks 1892
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