evert UK /ɪˈvɜːt/US /iˈvɝt/ verb4 •To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.But if the conjunctiva be not diseased or very firmly united to the tumour, we had better operate without everting the eyelid, and this is possible without leaving an observable scar on the eyelid. — 1809 •(no longer used) To turn upside down; to overturn.[E]ven these would be infinitely disordered to find the economy of their apartments deranged by an unlucky kitten, almost faint at a broken pane, and be absolutely taken ill of an everted coal-box. — 1786 •(no longer used) To disrupt; to overthrow.[O]verturning all the Fundamental Constitutions of the Government, perverting, inverting, everting all Laws, Liberties, all Priviledges of Church and State, [...] — 1715 •(no longer used) To move (someone or something) out of the way. formseverted · everting · everteth · everts · evertest