evert

(ē vʉrt′)

transitive verb

to turn outward or inside out, as an eyelid

Origin: L evertere < e-, out + vertere, to turn: see verse

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transitive verb e·vert·ed, e·vert·ing, e·verts

To turn inside out or outward.

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from Middle English everted, turned upside down

Origin: , from Latin ēvertus

Origin: , past participle of ēvertere, to overturn

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots

American tennis player who won women's singles titles at the U.S. Open (1975-1978, 1980, and 1982) and Wimbledon (1974, 1976, and 1981).

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