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) To return to the proprietor after the termination of a
particular estate granted by him.
3. (Biol.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preëxistent form;
to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
4. (Chem.) To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or
the reverse; thus, phosphoric acid in certain fertilizers reverts.
Re*vert", n. One who, or that which, reverts.
An active promoter in making the East Saxons converts, or rather
reverts, to the faith.
Fuller.
Re*vert"ed, a. Turned back; reversed. Specifically: (Her.) Bent or
curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.
Re*vert"ent (?), n. (Med.) A remedy which restores the natural order of
the inverted irritative motions in the animal system. [Obs.] E. Darwin.
Re*vert"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, reverts.