Both Uses of
revert
in
War and Peace
- Gervais intervened with a joke, and the talk reverted to its former lively tone.†
Chpt 6 *reverted = went back to a previous state
- If anyone gave or asked for personal news, it was done in a whisper and they immediately reverted to general matters.†
Chpt 11
Definitions:
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(1)
(revert as in: revert to childish ways) go back to a previous state
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Revert or reversion can also have a specialized meaning in the law with regard to property. Archaically, it can refer to physically turning away from something.