All 4 Uses of
revert
in
The Call of the Canyon
- It was, perhaps, just as well to have her mind reverted to realistic fact.†
Chpt 6reverted = went back to a previous state
- "Lead me to it!" she replied, with a hilarity that was only a nervous reversion of her state.†
Chpt 7 *reversion = a return to a previous state
- Carley's querying and answering mind reverted to Glenn.†
Chpt 7reverted = went back to a previous state
- Had she unconsciously hoped for some incredible reversion of Glenn's mind or of her own?†
Chpt 8reversion = a return to a previous state
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.