Crossword clues for reverting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Revert \Re*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.] [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.]
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To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse.
Till happy chance revert the cruel scence.
--Prior.The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in undulating flow.
--Thomson. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
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(Chem.) To change back. See Revert, v. i.
To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx^ 2 + etc., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x, so as to find therefrom the second variable x, expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of revert English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "reverting".
Other abbeys, robbed by the companies or depopulated by the plague, fell into indiscipline and disorder, and in some cases into disuse, their lands reverting to waste.
Sherlock had put his hand between her eye and the peephole, interrupting the connection and reverting her to the physical realm.
Or they see humanity reverting to the primitive with only the crumbling ruins of its cities to stir a dim racial memory of former greatness.
Japanese archeologist, reverting to the ancient politeness of his race.
By reverting in his mind to this first principle, he discovered the source of many emotions, and could disclose the secrets of all hearts, and his delineations of passion and emotion touch the finest chords of our nature.
Even his strict rules for duty had relaxed within the week, Pireth Tulme reverting to its typical partying ways.