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evert¹

  • /ɪˈvɜːt/ UK
  • /iˈvɝt/ US
  • /ə-/ US

Where it comes from

From Late Latin ēvertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ēvertere, present active infinitive of ēvertō (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vertō (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

verb everts · everting · everted

  1. often, transitive To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards. But if the conjunctiva be not diseased or very firmly united to the tumour, we had better operate without everting the eyelid, and this is possible without leaving an observable scar on the eyelid.
  2. obsolete, transitive To move (someone or something) out of the way.
  3. also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive To turn upside down; to overturn. [A]s to the confession contained in the act of court, the same being only subscribed by the alleged court clerk, and not by the party, or a notary for him, cannot be of force to derogate to his prior right, which cannot be taken away, but either by oath of party, or as great a solemnity in writ, as
  4. also, ambitransitive, figuratively, obsolete To disrupt; to overthrow. And incaſe his Majeſtie or his Commiſſioner be not preſent for the time in the town where the Aſsembly is holden, it ſhall be leaſome to the ſaid generall Aſsembly by themſelves to appoint the time and place of the next. But this declaration not only leaves all indefinit, but totally everts that pow

Evert²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Dutch and North German Evert.

proper noun Everts

  1. A surname.

Translations

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verb to turn inside out

Españolevertir
Françaisretourner
Русскийвы́вернуть наизна́нку vývernutʹ naiznánku

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@misc{evert_2026,
  title = {evert},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evert},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}