Revert

Revert does not mean reply. Why can't people use "reply" when they mean reply? Are they trying to sound pompous? I certainly hope not. English, while allowing for variation of meanings, certainly should refrain from redundancy. Mean what you say, and say what you mean.

From Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: re·vert

Pronunciation: \ri-ˈvərt\

Function: intransitive verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French revertir, from Latin revertere, v.t., to turn back & reverti, v.i., to return, come back, from re- + vertere, verti to turn — more atworth

Date: 15th century

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

From OED:

verb

1 [no object] (revert to) return to (a previous state , practice, topic, etc.):he reverted to his native languagehe ignored her words by reverting to the former subject

Biologyreturn to (a former or ancestral type):it is impossible that a fishlike mammal will actually revert to being a true fish

Law(of property) return to (the original owner) by reversion

2 [with object] archaicturn (one's eyes or steps) back:on reverting our eyes, every step presented some new and admirable scene

From Longman:

revert to somebody/something

phrasal verb

1 to change back to a situation that existed in the past [= go back to]:

The city reverted to its former name of St Petersburg.

After a few weeks, everything reverted to normal.

2 formal to return to an earlier subject of conversation [= go back to]:

To revert to the question of exams, I'd like to explain further.

3 law if land or a building reverts to its former owner, it becomes their property again