Grow
Grow verb - To become mature.
Usage example: you've grown so much since we last saw each other
Revert
Revert verb - To go back to a previous and usually lower state or level.
Usage example: after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Younger mermaids do revert if they get wet, but it's implied that they grow out of that.
Source: Mermaid Problem - As the inhabitants of a Generation Ship revert to savagery in Non-Stop, the ship's bioengineered plants grow out of control, turning most of the ship into this.
Source: Hungry Jungle -
They're also Devil Fruit users: Ain's Modo Modo no Mi allows her to revert the age of whoever or whatever she touches, and Bins' Mosa Mosa no Mi allows him to to make plants grow at a ludicrous speed.
Source: Anime / One Piece Film: Z
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