evert

Meaning

Verb

• To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
• To move (someone or something) out of the way.
• To turn upside down; to overturn.
• To disrupt; to overthrow.

Origin

• From Late Latin ēvertere, Latin ēvertere, present active infinitive of ēvertō, from ē- (variant of ex-) + vertō (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert-).