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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†REVERT, v. Sc. usage: tr. and intr. To bring back or return to one's normal state of mind or spirits; to come to oneselfagain, to recover consciousness after a swoon (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.).Abd. p.1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shep. MS. 125, 199:
The Captain shortly takes her by the hand And hads her up, wi' scarcely pith to stand The wife reverts, says, and is this my chiel That I ween'd had been i' the Lands of Liel? . . . She has the art A melancholly body to revert.