To turn back; to turn to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert the cruel scene.

To drive or turn back; to reverberate; as a stream reverted.

To return; to fall back.

In law, to return to the proprietor, after the determination of a particular estate. A feud granted to a man for life, or to him and his issue male, or his death or failure of issue male, reverted to the lord or proprietor.

In music, return; recurrence; antistrophy.