Obs. [f. L. ēvers- ppl. stem of ēvertĕre: see EVERT.] trans. To overturn, overthrow; = EVERT. Also fig.
c. 1430. Lydg., Bochas, III. v. (1554), 77 a. Many riche royall mighty towne Haue bene euersed … For sinne of princes which that wern lecherous.
1530. Palsgr., 540/2. Fortune hath eversed his chaunce upsyde downe.
1661. Glanvill, Van. Dogm., iv. 38. The foundation of which Principle … is totally evers’t by the most ingenious Commentator.
Hence † Eversed ppl. a.
1584. R. Scot, Discov. Witchcr., XIII. xix. 316. Diuerse sorts of glasses;… the cornerd, the inuersed, the euersed,… and cleare glasses.
