Definition of Evert

1. Noun. United States tennis player who won women's singles titles in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954).


2. Verb. Turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward. "Evert the eyelid"
Generic synonyms: Turn, Turn Over
Derivative terms: Eversion, Eversion, Everting

Definition of Evert

1. v. t. To overthrow; to subvert.

Definition of Evert

1. Verb. (transitive) To turn inside out. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Evert

1. to turn outward or inside out [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Evert

1. To turn outward. Origin: L. E-verto, to overturn (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Evert

everloving
everlovings
evermore
evermoving
everness
evernic
evernitrose
everolimus
everrunning
evershifting
eversible
eversion
eversions
eversive
everso
evert (current term)
everted
everthang
everting
evertor
evertors
everts
everwhat
everwhere
everwhich
every
every(a)
every Jack has his Jill
every bit
every cloud has a silver lining

Literary usage of Evert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1858)
"evert Pietersen, Schoolmaster, to the Commissioners of the Colonie on the Delaware. ... Extract from the letter of evert Pietersen, Comforter of the sick, ..."

2. Lives of Eminent Lawyers and Statesmen of the State of New York, with Notes by Lucien Brock Proctor (1882)
"evert VAN BUREN was born at Kinderhook, in the county of Columbia, NY, November 3rd ... evert having finished his education, entered the office of J. and A. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1892)
"evert BOOKSELLER Should be ready to meet the demand, at this season of the year, for the BEST Account Books for Physicians' Use. ..."

4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1867)
"... be inheritable in the same manner, whether that were acquired by descent or purchase ; fot evert accessory followeth the nature of its principal (7). ..."

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