c. 1300, "to come to oneself again," from Old French revertir "return, change back," from Vulgar Latin *revertire, variant of Latin revertere "turn back, turn about; come back, return," from re- "back" (see re-) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Of position or property from mid-15c.; application to customs and ideas is from 1610s.
例文
1. Garden plants sometimes revert to type.
園芸植物は、元の野生の姿に戻ることがある。
2.When it returns to shore,the life-jacket will deflate and revert to a harness.
岸に戻ると救命胴衣がしぼんで背帯状に戻る。
3.They will revert to tilling the earth in an old-fashioned way.
彼らは古い方法で耕地に戻る。/
4.Must he revert to Ellen always?
彼は母親のことを言わなければならないのか。
5.Peasants were allowed to adhere or revert to individual farming in Poland.