everse
English
Etymology
From Latin eversus, past participle of evertere (“to turn out, overthrow”); e (“out”) + vertere (“to turn”). Compare evert.
Verb
everse (third-person singular simple present everses, present participle eversing, simple past and past participle eversed)
- (obsolete) To overthrow or subvert.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for everse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Reeves, Severe, reeves, servee, severe
Latin
Participle
ēverse
- vocative masculine singular of ēversus