evert

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: Ev=ert

CIDE DICTIONARY

evert, v. t. [L. evertere. See Everse.].

•  To overthrow; to subvert.  Ayliffe.  [1913 Webster]
•  To turn outwards, or inside out, as an intestine.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

evert, v.tr. Physiol. turn (an organ etc.) outwards or inside out.

Derivative

eversion n.

Etymology

L evertere (as E-, vertere vers- turn)

ROGET THESAURUS

evert

Change

VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.