tr.v. e·vert·ed, e·vert·ing, e·verts To turn inside out or outward. [Back-formation from Middle English everted, turned upside down, from Latin ēvertere, to overturn : ē-, ex-, ex- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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