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evert
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)
- (transitive, often biology, physiology) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- (transitive, obsolete) To move (someone or something) out of the way.
- (transitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To turn upside down; to overturn.
- (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
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ever
English
Alternative forms
- euer (obsolete)
- e'er, ev'r (poetic)
- eva, evah, eva', evuh, iver (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English ever, from Old English ?fre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ? (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative f?ore). Compare Old English ? t? f?ore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhl?f (“life”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??v?/
- Rhymes: -?v?(r)
- Hyphenation: ev?er
Adverb
ever (not comparable)
- Always, frequently, forever.
- 1592, George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, An Advertisement […] concerning Seminary Priests
- […] the Lord Treasurer, who ever secretly feigned himself to be a Moderator and Mollifier of the Catholicks Afflictions […]
- “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
- 1993, Nancy K. Florida, Javanese Literature in Surakarta Manuscripts: Introduction and manuscripts of the Karaton Surakarta, SEAP Publications (?ISBN), page 9:
- The library staffs of the Karaton Surakarta's Sasana Pustaka, the Mangku- nagaran's Reksa Pustaka, and the Museum Radyapustaka were ever helpful and generous with their time.
- 2007, Roman Frydman, Michael D. Goldberg, Imperfect Knowledge Economics: Exchange Rates and Risk, Princeton University Press (?ISBN)
- As with the rest of macroeconomics, the issues have to be rethought in a way that makes the ever-imperfect knowledge of market participants and policymakers an integral part of the analysis.
- 1592, George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, An Advertisement […] concerning Seminary Priests
- Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration).
- People struggled to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living.
- At any time.
- In any way.
- (informal) As intensifier following an interrogative word.
Synonyms
- (always): See Thesaurus:forever
- (at any time):
- (in any way):
- (intensifier): See Thesaurus:the dickens
Antonyms
- (always): See Thesaurus:never
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
ever (not comparable)
- (epidemiology) Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.
Determiner
ever
- (dialectal and informal) Shortening of every
- 2011, Lee Smith, Oral History ?ISBN
- Queen Anne's lace ever place you look.
- 2011, Lee Smith, Oral History ?ISBN
References
- ever at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Vere, veer
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ?ver, from Old Dutch *evur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur. Cognate with Latin aper, Proto-Slavic *vepr? (“wild boar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?.v?r/
- Hyphenation: ever
- Rhymes: -e?v?r
Noun
ever m (plural evers, diminutive evertje n)
- wild boar, Sus scrofa
Synonyms
- everzwijn, wild zwijn
Derived terms
- everjong
- everzwijn
Anagrams
- erve, veer, vere, vree
German
Etymology
From English ever.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??v?/
Adverb
ever
- (colloquial, youth slang) ever (with superlative)
Synonyms
- aller Zeiten
Middle English
Alternative forms
- evre, evir, afre (early)
Etymology
From Old English ?fre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v?r/, /??v?r/
Adverb
ever
- ever
Descendants
- English: ever
- Scots: evire, evir
- Yola: eyver, ere
References
- “??ver, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
ever
- present of eve
Anagrams
- ever, reve, veer
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- evor (non-standard since 2012)
Noun
ever f
- indefinite plural of eve
- indefinite plural of eva (non-standard since 2012)
Anagrams
- erve, ever, reve, vere
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