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eversible

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e⋅ver⋅si⋅ble

  [i-vur-suh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being everted.
Origin:
1875–80; < L ēversus (ptp. of ēvertere to overturn, evert ) + -ible
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e·ver·sion   (ĭ-vûr'zhən, -shən)   
n.  

    1. The act of turning inside out.

    2. The condition of being turned inside out.

  2. The condition of being turned outward.


[Middle English eversioun, from Old French eversion, from Latin ēversiō, ēversiōn-, from ēversus, past participle of ēvertere, to overturn; see evert.]
e·ver'si·ble (-sə-bəl) adj.
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