revert
verb
• return to (a previous state, practice, topic, etc.).
• "he reverted to his native language"
Similar:
return,
go back,
come back,
change back,
retrogress,
regress,
default,
fall back into,
relapse into,
lapse into,
drift back into,
retrograde,
• reply or respond to someone.
• "we texted both Farah and Shirish, but neither of them reverted"
• turn (one's eyes or steps) back.
• "on reverting our eyes, every step presented some new and admirable scene"
revert
noun
• a person who has converted to the Islamic faith.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French revertir or Latin revertere ‘turn back’. Early senses included ‘recover consciousness’ and ‘return to a position’.
