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• v  go back to a previous state
  We reverted to the old rules
• v  undergo reversion, as in a mutation

• As for Ayub's charge that the country would revert to chaos if he is defeated, his rival snapped: "You can't have stability through compulsion, force and the big stick.
• Dolly is living proof that an adult cell can revert to embryonic stage and produce a full new being.
• Researchers took skin cells from donor mice, reprogrammed them to revert back to an embryonic state, then programmed them again to develop into an entire mouse pup.

• return
• retrovert
• regress
• turn back

News & Articles

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• ‘The Walking Dead’: Save for the apocalypse with the Rick Grimes bust bank — EXCLUSIVE IMAGE
  It is widely assumed that when the inevitable zombie apocalypse finally occurs, survivors will revert back to a barter economy
  June 12, 2013 - Entertainment Weekly
• Weather Warning Changes After Bedford City Becomes a Town
  Bedford, VA - Residents in Bedford have been reviewing emergency preparedness plans as the city prepares to revert to town status.
  June 12, 2013 - ABC 13 Lynchburg
• Klaus Holz named new CEO of Trevira
  Robert Gregan, who was associated with Trevira as CEO for a two year contract following consultancy support during takeover process, has decided to leave Trevira on completion of his contract on June 30, 2013 and revert to his consulting work at his own request and for personal reasons.
  June 12, 2013 - NonWovens Industry Magazine

Quotes

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• Richard Shelby in FOXNews
  In my judgment, it would be foolish to waste massive sums of taxpayer funds testing an idea that has been hastily crafted and may actually cause the government to revert to an inadequate strategy of ad hoc bailouts,Shelby said.
• President Bush in FOXNews
  I want to make sure that when we revert 'don't ask, don't tell,' it's gone through a process and we've built a consensus or at least a clarity of what my expectations are so that it works. My first obligation as the president is to make sure that I... Barack Obama http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHQ0yfPaaXFGqLKymRgcres0I2nuA International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/17/america/Obama-Gay-Rights.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGAMolQsZo_GWnbAWx0J2et6cFcdg Sep 17, 2008 83653 111095 revert Now, I fully recognize that until people actually feel progress in their pocketbook, that there's going to be frustrations with forms of government," Bush said. "But that doesn't mean you kind of revert to something that I don't believe will...