reverted
simple past tense and past participle of revert
reverted (comparative more reverted, superlative most reverted)
That has gone back (to an earlier place, state etc.).
Bent back, reversed.
Directed backwards.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*vert"ed, a.
Definition: Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.
Re*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverting.] Etym: [L. revertere, reversum; pref. re- re- + vertere to turn: cf. OF. revertir. See Verse, and cf. Reverse.]
1. 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.
2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
3. (Chem.)
Definition: To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series (Alg.), to treat a series, as y = a + bx + cx2 + 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.
Re*vert", v. i.
1. To return; to come back. So that my arrows Would have reverted to my bow again. Shak.
2. (Law)
Definition: To return to the proprietor after the termination of a particular estate granted by him.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
4. (Chem.)
Definition: To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
Re*vert", n.
Definition: One who, or that which, reverts. An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather reverts, to the faith. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 July 2025
(noun) the state of being a slave; “So every bondman in his own hand bears the power to cancel his captivity”--Shakespeare
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
