revert vs reply :

revert or reply

The most common meaning of “revert” is “to return to an earlier condition, time, or subject.” When Dr. Jekyll drank the potion he reverted to the brutish behavior of Mr. Hyde. But some pretentious people have begun to use it mistakenly instead of “reply,” writing when they want you to get back to them about something, “revert to me at this address.” This would literally mean they are asking you to become them.

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Definitions

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

  • n  a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  • n  the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
    he growled his reply
  • v  react verbally
News & Articles


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