All 3 Uses of
revert
in
The War of the Worlds
- I was a little depressed at first with the contagion of my wife's fears, but very soon my thoughts reverted to the Martians.†
Chpt 1.10 *reverted = went back to a previous state
- But my brother's attention speedily reverted to the distant firing in the south.†
Chpt 1.17
- Then he would suddenly revert to the matter of the food I withheld from him, praying, begging, weeping, at last threatening.†
Chpt 2.4
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.