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eversion|ɪˈvɜːʃən|
[a. OF. eversion, ad. L. ēversiōn-em, n. of action f. ēvertĕre: see evert.]
†1. The action of overthrowing; the condition of being overthrown; an overthrow, overturning; lit. and fig. Obs.
c1470Harding Chron. vii. (1812) 33 note, Iason at Troie first evercion Caste doun Ilion. 1536Bellenden Chron. Scot. (1821) I. 58 This nobil realme..wes neir brocht to finall eversione. 1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 292 Their euersion is our conuersion. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. i. i. 15 The restauration of the English Church and eversion of Popery. 1678Wanley Wond. Lit. World i. xxxiv. §16. 55/2 I will take from Pollio all future occasion of falling into such precipitant eversion of the mind. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. lvii. 625 Disorderly preaching..tending to the eversion of good laws and orders ecclesiastical. 1801Fuseli Lect. Art. i. (1848) 354 Scenes subsequent to the eversion of Troy. 1820S. Turner Anglo-Sax. (ed. 3) I. ii. App. 545 The fate of the column of the image after its eversion.
†b. (See quot.) Obs.
1678–1706Phillips, Eversion in Rhetorick is the same figure, according to Ruffianus, with Epanodus.
2.
†a. gen. The action of turning outwards; opposed to inversion. Obs.
1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xv. (1660) 197 The Eversion of the taile of the Lyon is an expresse token of his placabilitie or tractablenesse.
b. Path. and Phys. The action of everting or turning (an organ or structure) inside out; the condition of being everted. eversion of the eyelids = ectropion.
1751Spry in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 19 The conjunctive became greatly inflamed, with an eversion of the upper lid. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 100 The increased breadth at the latter spot being due to the well marked eversion of the tuberosities. 1872Darwin Emotions v. 121 Dogs, in their expressions of fondness, have a slight eversion of the lips. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Eversion, in Botany, the external protrusion of organs from the cavity in which they are developed.
†3. eversion of proportion = conversion of proportion: see conversion. Obs.
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