evert

Meaning

1. (often, transitive) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To move (someone or something) out of the way.
3. (also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To turn upside down; to overturn.
4. (also, ambitransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To disrupt; to overthrow.

Synonyms

turn inside out

invert

upend

Translations

éventrer

rovesciare

omkeren

binnenste buiten keren

içini dışına çevirmek

tersine döndürmek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈvɜːt/

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”)).