Reconverts

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To revert a system or object to its initial state after changes have been made, often restoring functionality or appearance
2. Changes something back to its original state after it was altered
3. Transforms an item or system from a changed state back to how it was before

Etymology: "Reconverts" is the third-person singular form of "reconvert", so the word is "reconvert" itself: to convert again, or to change back to a former state. It is built from the prefix "re-", meaning "again" or "back", attached to "convert". "Convert" goes back to Latin "convertere", meaning "to turn around" or "to turn completely", formed from "com-", an intensifying "together" or "thoroughly", and "vertere", "to turn". English took "convert" from Old French "convertir", which had passed the Latin verb down through French, and it reached Middle English as "convertenen" before the modern form settled in. The root "vertere" is also the source of "verse", "vertigo" and "versus", all words that describe turning.

Synonyms: reverts, restores, returns, reestablishes, reinstates