revert

revert
intransitive verb
1) (recur, return) zurückkommen (to auf + Akk.), wieder aufgreifen (to Akk.) [Thema, Angelegenheit, Frage]; [Gedanken:] zurückkehren (geh.) (to zu)

to revert to ... — um wieder auf ... (Akk.) zurückzukommen

2) (Law) [Eigentum:] zurückfallen, (Rechtsspr.) heimfallen (to an + Akk.)
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[rə'və:t]
verb
(to come or go back (to a previous state, point in a discussion etc).) zurückkommen
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re·vert
[rɪˈvɜ:t, AM -ˈvɜ:rt]
vi
1. (go back)
▪ to \revert to sth zu etw dat zurückkehren; bad state in etw akk zurückfallen
if left untouched, this heath would \revert to woodland wenn man sie unberührt ließe, würde diese Heide wieder zu Wald werden
he has \reverted to type er ist wieder ganz der Alte
to \revert to a method auf eine Methode zurückgreifen
to \revert to a question auf eine Frage zurückkommen
2. LAW (become sb's property)
▪ to \revert to sb an jdn zurückfallen
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[rɪ'vɜːt]
vi
(= return to former state) zurückkehren (to zu); (to bad state) zurückfallen (to in +acc); (to topic) zurückkommen (to auf +acc); (to a dialect etc) (zurück)verfallen (to in +accJUR property) zurückfallen (to an +acc)

he has reverted back to childhood — er ist wieder ins Kindheitsalter zurückgefallen

to revert to type (Biol) — in der Art zurückschlagen

he has reverted to type (fig) —

fields reverting to moorland/woodland — Felder, die wieder versumpfen/wieder zu Wäldern werden

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revert [rıˈvɜːt; US rıˈvɜrt]
A v/i
1. zurückkehren (to zu seinem Glauben etc):
he reverted to type fig der alte Adam ist bei ihm wieder durchgebrochen
2. zurückkommen (to auf einen Brief, ein Thema etc)
3. wieder zurückfallen (to in akk):
revert to barbarism
4. JUR zurück-, heimfallen (beide:
to sb an jemanden)
5. BIOL zurückschlagen (to zu)
B v/t den Blick (zurück)wenden
C s REL Wiederbekehrte(r) m/f(m)
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intransitive verb
1) (recur, return) zurückkommen (to auf + Akk.), wieder aufgreifen (to Akk.) [Thema, Angelegenheit, Frage]; [Gedanken:] zurückkehren (geh.) (to zu)

to revert to ... — um wieder auf ... (Akk.) zurückzukommen

2) (Law) [Eigentum:] zurückfallen, (Rechtsspr.) heimfallen (to an + Akk.)
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v.
zurück kehren v.
zurückkehren (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

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