Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To overthrow or subvert.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To overthrow or subvert.

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  • verb obsolete To overthrow or subvert.

Etymologies

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Latin eversus, past participle of evertere to turn out, overthrow; e out + vertere to turn. Compare evert.

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Examples

  • "Now, to get you back into bed everse the procedure."

    Adam's Fall Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1988

  • à › ² (C) hallenge (O) f (R) everse (E) ngineering!

    VeryCD - 电驴资源订阅 2008

  • "[R] everse the Bush administration's decision last December to deny California the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles."

    Fables of the reconstruction 2008

  • "[R] everse the Bush administration's decision last December to deny California the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles."

    Fables of the reconstruction 2008

  • "[R] everse the Bush administration's decision last December to deny California the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles."

    Fables of the reconstruction 2008

  • "[R] everse the Bush administration's decision last December to deny California the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles."

    Fables of the reconstruction 2008

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