different between evert vs evaginate

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ?vertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ?vertere, present active infinitive of ?vert? (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ?- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vert? (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /i?v?t/, /?-/

Verb

evert (third-person singular simple present everts, present participle everting, simple past and past participle everted)

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

Usage notes

Not to be confused with avert.

Conjugation

Related terms

• everse
• eversion
• everted (adjective)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• revet, terve

English

Etymology

Latin evaginare (“to unsheath”), from ex (“from”) and vagina (“sheath”).

Verb

evaginate (third-person singular simple present evaginates, present participle evaginating, simple past and past participle evaginated)

1. (intransitive) To evert a bodily organ inside surface to outside.
2. (transitive) To cause (a bodily organ or part) to turn inside out.

Adjective

evaginate (not comparable)

1. Protruded, or grown out, as an evagination; turned inside out; unsheathed; evaginated.

   an evaginate membrane

Anagrams

• A negative, enavigate

Latin

Verb

?v?g?n?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?v?g?n?