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Evert
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards. often, transitive
"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 turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward wordnet
- 3 To move (someone or something) out of the way. obsolete, transitive
- 4 To turn upside down; to overturn. also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive
"[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 is the writ which is desired to be everted thereby; [...]"
- 5 To disrupt; to overthrow. also, ambitransitive, figuratively, obsolete
"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 power and liberty competent to them by law and cuſtome."
Etymology
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”)).
Borrowed from Dutch and North German Evert.
See also for "evert"
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