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  • noun Plural form of revert.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of revert.

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Examples

  • The land granted must be worked at least one year out of every three, else the title reverts to the government, and can be allotted again.

    Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

  • Capstone will manage it for the next 40 years or until the bonds are paid off and the title reverts to the university.

    NYT > Home Page By RONDA KAYSEN 2012

  • If a title reverts to the original homeowner, title insurance should cover any financial loss incurred if the new owner is ordered to vacate the house.

    CNN.com 2010

  • Momma (spelt that way) evokes the "red-hot momma" notion; spelt mama, but pronounced the same way, the word reverts to familial status.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 3 1976

  • They believe that is in the nature of things, which is why converts are referred to as "reverts" - having reverted to their notional natural islam.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • The new survey revealed that one in six Americans who belong to their childhood faith are "reverts" - people who left the faith, only to return later.

    Durangoherald.com 2009

  • Pegg reverts from the slacker Shaun to the militant career man Nicholas without missing a beat, always sticking to the rules and guidelines, even in social situations, and expressing restrained befuddlement at the town’s often unbearable quirks and eccentric denizens.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2007

  • The title now reverts to a woman in the United States.

    World's oldest person dies aged 114 2011

  • - Triple the military budget, and name reverts from Dept. of Defense to Dept. of War

    Election Central Sunday Roundup 2009

  • GALLAGHER: They're called reverts, not converts, because in the Muslim religion, they actually consider that in a certain -- to a certain extent, everybody is already Muslim, in the sense that if you believe already in the one god, as Jews and Christians do, then for Islam, you are -- in a certain sense you already have that seed of Islam within you.

    CNN Transcript Oct 4, 2006 2006

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