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revert
What does revert mean?
revert (verb): go back to a previous state.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Where does revert come from?
From Old French revertir, from Vulgar Latin *revertiō, variant of Latin revertō.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to revert
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “revert” mean?
to throw so as to turn over
Not quite: that's what flip means.
go back to a previous state
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express or state indirectly
Not quite: that's what imply means.
make small or insignificant
Not quite: that's what minimize means.
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