All 6 Uses of
revert
in
The Bourne Supremacy
- 'Goddamn it!' shouted Jason in English, instantly reverting to Chinese.†
Chpt 13reverting = going back to a previous state
- The orator reverted to Mandarin, issuing orders as the impostor returned to the tree and lit a cigarette.†
Chpt 27 *reverted = went back to a previous state
- There is no rendezvous,' answered Echo, reverting to English.†
Chpt 27reverting = going back to a previous state
- 'Bu xiexie,' said the undersecretary of state, declining, and then for courtesy's sake reverting to English to show respect for his host's diligence in learning it.†
Chpt 37
- A master of his craft — his art, perhaps — the orator knew when to revert to the gospel of love, momentarily omitting Lucifer.†
Chpt 27
- Worse, any attempt at exposure would risk a backlash so severe that Peking would cry insult and outrage, and revert to suspicion and intransigence.†
Chpt 33
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.