everse

English

Etymology

From Latin ēversus, past participle of ēvertere (“to turn out, overthrow”); ē- (“out”) + vertere (“to turn”). Compare evert.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈvɜː(ɹ)s/

Verb

everse (third-person singular simple present everses, present participle eversing, simple past and past participle eversed)

(obsolete) to overthrow, subvert

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Reeves, Severe, reeves, servee, severe

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈu̯er.se/, [eːˈu̯ɛrs̠ɛ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈver.se/, [eˈvɛrse]

Participle

ēverse

vocative masculine singular of ēversus