<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: "It wasn't so much that things had never changed, it was that people had reverted instead of moving forward."</li><li>Synonyms: retrogress</li><li>Law: (of assets) to go back to or return to the former owner or to their heirs: "After a certain number of years, ownership of the bridge reverts to the public."</li><li>Biology: to return to an earlier or primitive type.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of returning to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.; reversion: "Now we are seeing a revert to a simpler writing style that grabs our attention instantly."</li><li>a person or thing that goes back to a previous state or condition, especially a previous religion (often used attributively): "We offer a course for revert Muslims."</li><li>Law: a reversion.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>to return or go back to a previous state or condition: "After that, I stopped riding the bus and reverted to my old car-driving ways."</li><li>to go back in thought or discussion: "He constantly reverted to stories from his childhood."</li></ul>