1 : to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) 2 : to return to the proprietor or his or her heirs at the end of a reversion.

Does revert mean reply?

Revert does not mean “reply”; it actually means “to return to a previous state”.

What does it mean to revert to someone?

If property, rights, or money revert to someone, they become that person's again after someone else has had them for a period of time. [law] When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder. [ VERB + to] Synonyms: return, go back to, be returned to, be once again in the possession of More Synonyms of revert.