Word Meanings - REVERT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , 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

Additional info about word: REVERT

To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , 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. (more info) 1. To turn back, or to the contrary; to reverse. Till happy chance revert the cruel scence. Prior. The tumbling stream . . . Reverted, plays in undulating flow. Thomson. 2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of REVERT)

• Return
• Recur
• revert
• reappear
• come back
• repay
• requite
• recompense
• retaliate
• render
• restore
• yield
• produce
• give back
• Reverberate
• Echo
• recoil
• reflect
• resound

Related words: (words related to REVERT)

• RECUR
  1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. I. Watts. 2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some
• REPAYMENT
  1. The act of repaying; reimbursement. Jer. Taylor. 2. The money or other thing repaid.
• RETALIATE
  To return like for like; specifically, to return evil for evil; as, to retaliate upon an enemy.
• PRODUCEMENT
  Production.
• YIELDABLE
  Disposed to yield or comply. -- Yield"a*ble*ness, n. Bp. Hall.
• RECURVE
  To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
• RETURNLESS
  Admitting no return. Chapman.
• YIELDANCE
  1. The act of producing; yield; as, the yieldance of the earth. Bp. Hall. 2. The act of yielding; concession. South.
• RECOMPENSER
  One who recompenses. A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. Foxe.
• RESOUND
  resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
• REAPPEARANCE
  A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
• YIELDING
  Inclined to give way, or comply; flexible; compliant; accommodating; as, a yielding temper. Yielding and paying , the initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee is mentioned and reserved. Burrill. Syn. --
• RECURVATE
  Recurved.
• REFLECTOR
  1. One who, or that which, reflects. Boyle. Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc. A reflecting telescope. A device for reflecting sound.
• REVERTED
  Turned back; reversed. Specifically: Bent or curved twice, in opposite directions, or in the form of an S.
• RESTORE
  Restoration. Spenser.
• RECURVITY
  Recurvation.
• RECOMPENSEMENT
  Recompense; requital. Fabyan.
• REVERTENT
  A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system. E. Darwin.
• YIELDER
  One who yields. Shak.
• SUPERREFLECTION
  The reflection of a reflected image or sound. Bacon.
• REVERT
  To change back. See Revert, v. i. To revert a series , 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
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
• PRECURSE
  A forerunning. Shak.
• MISRENDER
  To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle.
• RECOMPENSE
  recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. He can not recompense me better. Shak. 2. To return an equivalent for;
• NONRECURRENT
  Not recurring.