revert

/ri-ˈvərt/

Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir, from Latin revertere, transitive verb, "to turn back" & reverti, intransitive verb, "to return, come back," from re- + vertere, verti "to turn"

verb

  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

  3. to return to an ancestral type

phrasal verb

  1. to go back or return to (an earlier state, condition, situation, etc.)

  2. to be given to (a former owner or a former owner's heir)

She has reverted (back) to her old habits.

idiom

  1. to go back to doing what one usually does

After this one atypical comedy, will he revert to type in his next film?