revert, OED 4b

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 02:06:50PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> "To return; to come or go back....Now *rare*." The most recent ex. is from
> 1905.
>
> Till now:
>
> 2008 Dennis Ford _The Search for Meaning_ (Berkeley: U. of C. P.) 15:
> [W]e...willingly abdicate the burden of freedom by reverting to the
> authority of others.

Thanks. That's a little strange, but I agree it fits 4.b.
better than most of the other options. Will consider further.

Jesse

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