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Go back to a previous state
Answer for the clue "Go back to a previous state ", 9 letters:
reverting
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Word definitions for reverting in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in 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 .] To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. tending to return to an earlier state [syn: returning ] n. a failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding , lapse , lapsing , relapse , relapsing , reversion ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of revert English)
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.