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evert (iou)



evert verb trans. M16.
[Latin evertere, from e- E- + vertere turn.]
Cast from power, overthrow (a government or regime); frustrate (a purpose); upset (a judgement, doctrine, etc.). arch. M16.
Cast down (a building); defeat (an enemy). M-L16.
Draw or turn aside (lit. & fig.). L16-M17.
Turn upside down; upset (lit. & fig.); disturb. rare. Only in 17.
Jonson The very thought Everts my soul with passion.
Chiefly Medicine. Turn (an organ or other structure) outwards or inside out. Chiefly as everted ppl adjective. L18.
R. F. Burton The lips are tumid and everted. S. Beckett Her eyes, rolling now and everted.