evert
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
evert (everts, present participle everting; past and past participle everted)
- (transitive, often, biology, physiology) To turn#Verb|turn inside out (like a pocket#Noun|pocket being empty#Verb|emptied) or outwards.
- (transitive, obsolete) To move#Verb|move (someone or something) out of the way.
- (transitive, obsolete, also, figuratively) To turn upside down; to overturn.
- (ambitransitive, obsolete, also, figuratively) To disrupt; to overthrow#Verb|overthrow.
Conjugation of evert
| infinitive | (to) evert | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | evert | everted | |
| 2nd-person singular | * evert, evertest* | everted, evertedst* | |
| 3rd-person singular | everts, everteth* | everted#English|everted | |
| plural | evert | ||
| subjunctive | evert | ||
| imperative | evert | — | |
| participle> participles | everting | everted | |
| * Archaic or obsolete. | |||
- French: retourner
- Russian: вы́вернуть наизна́нку
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