Latin dictionary · verb

vertō

to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve

Dictionary forms: vertō, vertere, vertī, versum

Inflection: third conjugation

Meaning and definitions

1. to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve
2. to turn upside down, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy
3. to be engaged in, be in a place or condition
4. to change, alter, transform
5. to reverse (transitive)
6. to exchange, interchange

Connected roots

• vert-

  turning

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• reverse

  to move backward; to turn the other way around

• convert

  to change from one form or purpose to another

• introvert

  An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.

• extrovert

  An extroverted person: one who is outgoing, sociable, and concerned with outer affairs.

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