different between overt vs evert

English

Etymology

From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aper?re (“to open”), from aperi? (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“away; from”) + *h?wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of ouvert.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

overt (not comparable)

1. Open and not concealed or secret.

   Synonyms: manifest, open, patent, plain, unconcealed

   Antonyms: covert, hidden, nonovert; see also Thesaurus:covert

Derived terms

Related terms

• overture

Antonyms

• covert

Translations

References

Anagrams

• orvet, trove, voter

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus.

Verb

overt

1. past participle of ovrir

Descendants

• Middle French: ouvert
  • French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: ouvaert ouvèrt, ouvert
• ? Middle English: overt, uverte
  • English: overt
  • Scots: overt, ovart

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