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单词 evert
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evertv.

Brit. /ᵻˈvəːt/, U.S. /əˈvərt/, /iˈvərt/
Forms: 1500s euerte, 1500s everte, 1500s–1600s euert, 1500s–1800s evert.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ēvertere.
Etymology: < classical Latin ēvertere to turn upside down, to reverse, to overturn, upset, to overthrow, to ruin, to refute, in post-classical Latin also to turn (a garment) inside out (15th cent. in a British source) < ē- e- prefix2 + vertere vert v.1 Compare earlier everted adj. Compare also earlier everse v., eversion n.Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French (rare) evertir to denigrate (a person) (late 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to overthrow, to destroy (a city, empire, etc.) (late 14th cent.).
1.
a. transitive. To overthrow (a city, temple, enemy, etc.). Also intransitive. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (transitive)] > capsize or upset > overthrow in ruins or to destruction
to-warpc888
overwarpeOE
to cast downc1230
to throw down1340
everse?a1425
thringc1480
tumble1487
evert1533
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. App. i. 256 Legionis of futemen to evert and cast doun þe foirsaid Ciete to þe ground.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ii. xix. f. xxiiiv/1 Of this town remanis nocht... For it wes euertit [1531 brocht to rewyn] be the Danis.
1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church 311 It is easier to euert or disturbe, then to plant or establish.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 50 For feare after he had euerted their foes..hee woulde rauen vp them.
1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia 157 King Ethelbert Having a mighty force, went to evert The Chestrian City.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (at cited word) To Evert, to turn upside down, to overthrow, &c.
b. transitive. figurative. To overthrow (an empire, government, etc.); to upset (a judgement, argument, doctrine, law, etc.); to frustrate (a purpose). Also: to overthrow (a person) in argument (rare). Obsolete (Scottish in later use).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > overthrow or overturn
to-warpc888
overwarpeOE
fallOE
cumber1303
overthrowc1375
overturna1382
subverta1382
overwalta1400
sinka1400
to wend downa1400
tuyrec1400
reverse1402
tirvec1420
pervert?a1425
to put downa1425
cumrayc1425
downthringc1430
overthwart?a1439
thringc1480
subvertise1484
succumb1490
renverse1521
precipitate?1528
everta1538
wrake1570
ruinate1590
profligate1643
wreck1749
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 128 The suttylty of one sergeant schal everte & destroy al the jugementys of many wysemen before tyme receyvyd.
1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Idolatry ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 211 And the noble Empire of Greece clean everted.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 281 He began..to evert his fathers..testament.
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 245 And chiefly his great attempts against Germany turning to nothing, euerted that purpose.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. viii. xxx. 303 Then hath the master of horsemen..everted and overthrowne both Dictatours Majestie and Militarie discipline.
a1681 G. Wharton Fasts & Festivals in Wks. (1683) 11 Antiochus Epiphanes..everted the true worship of God.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. vii. 244 We have everted that Objection.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 175 The Jurisdiction of the Judge is not yet everted and overthrown.
1849 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 66 652 I am overthrown—everted—subverted—the contradiction is flagrant.
1872 J. Walker Theol. & Theologians Scotl. (1888) iv. 100 They clearly evert the fundamentals.
2. transitive. To turn upside down, upset. Also figurative. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)]
to-wendc893
whelvec1000
to turn down?c1335
to turn up?c1335
whelmc1340
overturna1382
to turn overa1400
wholve14..
inverse?a1425
reverse?a1425
overwhelvec1450
overvolvea1522
transverse1557
evert1566
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
invert1610
upturn1610
whave1611
topsy-turvy1626
whemmel1684
cant1850
upend1868
flip-flop1924
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [verb (transitive)] > throw into utter disorder or upset
to-turna1382
everse?a1425
over-terve?a1425
bestourn1484
renverse1521
transverse1557
evert1566
walter1571
topsy-turn1573
topsy-turve1603
topsy-turvy1626
bouleverse1673
whemmel1721
reverse1768
upset1818
to knock galley-west1875
topsy-turvify1886
topsy-turvyize1893
1566 J. Knox Serm. f. 4 Who soeuer..doth nothing but euert & turne vpside downe the very throne of God.
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. vi. sig. H4v The very thought Euerts my Soule, with Passion. View more context for this quotation
1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 182 To end the meale with much drinke, doth by euerting the concoction, cause eructations.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. Prol. 6 There did he..evert it [sc. a tub], invert it, subvert it.
3. transitive. To draw or turn (a person or thing) out of the way; to turn (a person or thing) aside. Also figurative. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > direct [verb (transitive)] > turn (something) to a (different) direction > turn away
awendOE
to turn awaya1225
wryc1400
reversec1540
evert1569
avert1578
nurture1627
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > turn aside from > cause to
writhea1400
wrya1400
reflecta1500
reverta1500
withstand1508
reversec1540
declinea1555
evert1569
deflecta1575
divert1609
bias1628
blank1640
avert1697
shunt1858
sidetrack1887
ride1908
1569 S. Batman Christall Glasse Christian Reform. sig. Q.iii. The tiranus threatning of princes and magistrates once able to euert or turne vs from the deuine preceptes of our only Lord and sauiour Iesus.
1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) i. viii. 141 The Will is thus everted from the fore-mentioned Objects.
4. transitive. To turn (a part of the body), esp. outwards or inside out, by natural means or by manipulation. Cf. eversion n. 2a, everted adj. 2.Often used with reference to the eyelids or the foot.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inversion > invert [verb (transitive)] > turn inside out
turn?c1475
evert1578
to turn outa1585
invert1598
flipe1788
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man iv. f. 59 It [sc. the third muscle of the foot] marcheth from the outer partes towardes the inner,..beyng yet at last implanted to the inside of the heele, and hauyng in office to euert the foote to the interiour partes.
1664 W. Drage Physical Nosonomy 345 Whatsoever here is swallowed down, is presently cast up again by Vomit, either because it cannot pass, or because Vapours arising hereform disturb and evert the Stomach.
1821 T. Sandwith Observ. Med. & Surg. 99 The cheeks drawn downward in such a manner as to evert the lower eye-lids.
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 38/1 The gullet and part of the stomach [of starfish] are usually everted, protruded, and applied round the object to be swallowed.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xviii. 281 Muscles for everting the sack, and for closing or opening the orifice.
1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 51 It is a very simple and easy thing to evert the eyelid.
1915 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 May 846/1 On everting the lower lid the region of the canaliculus was seen to be greatly enlarged and swollen.
1986 R. Bakker Dinosaur Heresies (1988) x. 206 Some modern reconstructions done in the 1960s and 1970s still portray dinosaurs everting their knees and planting their hind feet down, wide-set, with right and left hind paws spread far out to the side—like enormous lizards.
2005 F. Benazzo et al. in N. Maffulli et al. Tendon Injuries xix. 179/1 Peroneus brevis everts the foot, and peroneus longus everts the foot and lowers the first metatarsal.
2007 W. C. Aird Endothelial Biomed. 33 A second, rhynchocoelan circulatory system is used to perfuse the head and proboscis and also functions as a hydrostat to evert the proboscis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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