different between evert vs everse

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

From Latin ?versus, past participle of ?vertere (“to turn out, overthrow”); ?- (“out”) + vertere (“to turn”). Compare evert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v??(?)s/

Verb

everse (third-person singular simple present everses, present participle eversing, simple past and past participle eversed)

1. (obsolete) to overthrow, subvert

Anagrams

• Reeves, Severe, reeves, servee, severe

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e??u?er.se/, [e??u??rs??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?ver.se/, [??v?rs?]

Participle

?verse

1. vocative masculine singular of ?versus