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revert
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revert as in:  revert to childish ways

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  • It seems bent on reverting to orange no matter how many times I cover it.  (source)
    reverting = returning to a previous state
  • When cornered, desperate, or isolated, man reverts to those instincts that aim straight at survival.†  (source)
    reverts = goes back to a previous state
  • It seemed like there was faulty wiring in the system, because now she was reverting to anger.†  (source)
    reverting = going back to a previous state
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  • And if that wasn't damning enough, after Trudy hit Glen he had reverted to this strange wrestling maneuver, moaning and rocking and refusing to release her.†  (source)
    reverted = went back to a previous state
  • Were the property to revert to him, it's not clear, given the deep divisions in the family, who would farm it.†  (source)
    revert = go back to a previous state
  • Then a few trigger-happy lads used the sign for shotgun practice, and the tables and toilets were removed by the provincial government — something to do with budgets — and the waste bin never got emptied, although it was frequently pillaged by raccoons; so they took that away as well, and now the place is reverting.†  (source)
    reverting = going back to a previous state
  • IN THE DAYS that followed, the reversion to a strict shift system dispelled the sense of floating timelessness of those first twenty-four hours.†  (source)
    reversion = a return to a previous state
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
  • In a pinch, he reverts to his previous profession, petty theft.†  (source)
    reverts = goes back to a previous state
  • He was likewise well skilled in the exact value of reversions, expectations, &c.†  (source)
    reversions = instances of returns to prior state
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in discussions from discuss, explosions from explode, and revisions from revise.
  • With the collapse of government authority, responsibility for justice had reverted into the tribal groups we'd spontaneously created.†  (source)
    reverted = went back to a previous state
  • Do they breed to make up the difference and then revert to their current sexless behavior?†  (source)
    revert = go back to a previous state
  • I saw how the cats and birds were reverting to their natural shapes.†  (source)
    reverting = going back to a previous state
  • It was almost like a reversion to the customs on Earth when banking was in its infancy.†  (source)
    reversion = a return to a previous state
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