REVERSION
\ɹɪvˈɜːʃən], \ɹɪvˈɜːʃən], \ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of REVERSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
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returning to a former state
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a return to a normal pheno (usually resulting from a second mutation)
By Princeton University
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a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
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returning to a former state
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a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of returning, or coming back; return.
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That which reverts or returns; residue.
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The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
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Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.
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A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
By Oddity Software
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The act of returning, or coming back; return.
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That which reverts or returns; residue.
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The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him.
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Hence, a right to future possession or enjoiment; succession.
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A return towards some ancestral type or character; atavism.
By Noah Webster.
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The returning of lands, etc., by law to the grantor or his heirs after the grant has terminated; right to future possession; as, the reversion of a title; return of an animal or plant to its original type or state.
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Reversionary.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of reverting or returning: that which reverts or returns: the return or future possession of any property after some particular event: the right to future possession.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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A turning back, as of a fold of tissue.
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The fact or action of reverting or returning to a primitive or ancestral type or condition. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Latin] The returning of an estate to the grantor or his heirs after the grant is determined; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, after the determination of the particular grant or estate granted;-hence, a right to future possession or enjoyment; succession;— in annuities, a payment or benefit which does not begin till after a term of years, or after a contingent event, as the lapse of a life insured; deferred annuity.
