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evert.

To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪˈvɜːt/Received-Pronunciation/iˈvɝt/General-American/ə-/General-American
  1. To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.

    often · transitive
  2. To move (someone or something) out of the way.

    obsolete · transitive
  3. To turn upside down; to overturn.

    also · figuratively · obsolete · transitive
  4. To disrupt; to overthrow.

    also · ambitransitive · figuratively · obsolete
Where this word 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”)).

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