Introvert
Transitive verb
Pronunciation and accent: IntrəUv3;t
Etymology: it is analysable into these Latin elements: intro- (prefix with semantic implication of “to the inside”) vertere (= to turn)
Third-person singular simple present: she (he) introverts
Indicative past, past participle: introverted
Present participle: introverting
First definition: to cause (the part of a living body) to turn inwards upon itself; this is, to cause introversion in (a living part); to make bent inwards.
It may be approximately translated by hacer (una parte del cuerpo) plegarse hacia dentro de sí, in Spanish; faire changer la direction de (une partie du corps) vers l’intérieur de soi, in French; introvertere, in Italian.
Antonym: extrovert
The grooved dorsal callosity appears in the beginning of the series, and gradually increases in size, and detrudes so that the groove shows on the exterior, but just before maturity it is either filled or introverted into the deltidial cavity.
Charles Beecher (Studies in evolution)
The apex of this species is peculiar, being introverted as it were, and partly enveloped by the succeeding whorl.
George Tryon (Manual of Conchology)
Second definition: to keep (one’s thought, feeling, etc.) from being expressed, as if by directing or repressing it within oneself
Antonyms: to express, signify, manifest
It may be approximately translated by ser introvertido con respecto a (un sentimiento, etc.), in Spanish; être introverti à l’égard de (un sentiment, etc.), in French; essere introverso rispetto a (un sentimento, etc.), in Italian.
His thought was ever introverted; his attention occupied by that within him, not by things without.
John Berryman (History of the Bench and Bar…)
Conversation followed, but Fanny listened not, but pleasant sights having been presented to her fancy, she introverted her mind to be happy among them.
J. H. Ingraham (Fanny H-)
These impulses, […] were repressed, or perhaps better said, were introverted.
Elizabeth Reis (American Sexual Histories)
A little over one year of undesired solitude had introverted his thoughts and feelings.
C. A. Gagnon (Feravale)
Other English words composed with, or derived from, stems of Latin vertere:
advert, adversarial, adversarious, adversary, adversative, adversatively, adverse, adversely, adversity, advertence, advertency, advertise, advertised, advertisee, advertisement, advertisemental, advertiser, advertising, advertorial, anniversary, anniversarily, antevert, anteversion, anteverted, anteverting, avert, averted, avertedly, averter, avertible, aversion, aversionist, averseness, aversely, averse, contraversion, controversy, controversial, controversialism, controversialist, controversialize, controversially, controversialness, controversional, controversionalism, controversion, controversionalist, controvert, controverted, controverter, controvertible, controvertibly, controverting, controvertist, convert, conversable, conversableness, conversably, conversance, conversancy, conversant, conversation, conversationable, conversational, conversationalist, conversationally, conversationist, conversationize, conversative, converse (noun, verb, adj.), conversely, converser, conversibility, conversible, conversing, conversion, conversive, converted, converter, convertibility, convertible, convertibleness, convertibly, converting, convertingness, dextrorse, dextrorsal, divert, divers, diverse, diversely, diverseness, diversifiable, diversifiability, diversification, diversified, diversifier, diversiform, diversify, diversifying, diversion, diversionary, diversionist, diversitude, diversity, diversly, divert, diverted, diverter, divertible, divertibility, diverticular, diverticulate, diverticulated, diverting, diverticulum, divertingly, divertingness, divertisement, divertissement, divertive, evert, eversible, eversion, eversive, evertebral, evertebrate (noun, adj., verb), everted, everting, evertor, extroversion, extrovert (verb, noun, adj.), extroverted, extrovertish, introrse, introrsely, introrsal, invert (noun, verb, adj.), invertor, inverting, inversatile, inverse (noun, adj., verb), inversed, inversedly, inversely, inversion, inversive, inversor, inverting, invertebracy, invertebral, invertebrata, invertebrate, invertebrateness, invertebrated, inverted, invertedly, invertend, inverter, invertible, invertibility, invertile, invertor, malversate, malversation, obvert, obverted, obversion, obversely, obverse, obvertend, pervert (noun, verb), perverse, perversely, perverseness, perversion, perversity, perversive, perverting, perverted, pervertedly, pervertedness, perverter, pervertible, pervertibility, pervertibly, pervertive, prose (noun, verb), proser, prosaic, prosaical, prosaically, prosaicalness, prosaicism, prosaicness, prosaism, prosaist, quaquaversal, quaquaversally, retroversion, retroverse, retrovert (noun, verb), retroverted, revert (noun, verb), revertant, reverted, reverter, revertibility, revertible, reverting, reversal, reverse (noun, adj., adv., verb), reversed, reversedly, reverseful, reverseless, reversely, reversement, reverser, reverseways, reversewise, reversibility, reversible, reversibly, reversify, reversing, reversion, reversional, reversionally, reversionary, reversioner, reversionist, sinistrorse, sinistrorsal, sinistrorsally, subvert, subvertebral, subverted, subverter, subverting, subversal, subverse, subversion, subversionary, subversionist, subversive, suzerain, suzerainship, suzerainty, tergiversate, tergiversated, tergiversating, tergiversant, tergiversation, tergiversator, tergiverse (verb, adj.), tergiversing, transverse (noun, adv., prep., verb), transversed, transversely, transverseness, transversion, universe, universeful, universitarian, universitarianism, universitary, university, universal, universalian, universalism, universalist, universalistic, universality, universalizable, universalizability, universalizably, universalization, universalize, universally, universalness, universary, versatile, versatilely, versatileness, versatility, verse (noun, verb), versing, versed, verseless, verselet, versemaker, verser, versical, versicolour, versicoloured, versicolouredness, versifiable, versification, versificator, versified, versifier, versify, versifying, versing, version (noun, verb), versional, versioner, versionist, versionize, versute, versutely, versuteness, vert (noun, verb), vertebra, vertebral, vertebrally, vertebrate (verb, noun, adj.), vertebrated, vertebration, vertex, vertical, verticality, verticalize, verticalized, verticalization, verticalizing, vertically, versus, vertigo, vertiginate, vertiginosity, vertiginous, vertiginously, vertiginousness, ambiversion, ambivert, ambiverted, animadversion, animadvert, animadverter, animadverting, dextroversion, interconversion, interconvert, interconvertible, interconvertibility, interconvertibly, reconversion, reconvert (noun, verb), reconverted, reconvertible, inconvertible, inconvertibility, inconvertibleness, inconvertibly, inconversibility, inconversant, incontrovertible, incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness, incontrovertibly, indivertible, indivertibly, insubvertible, interconvertible, interconvertibility, interconvertibly, uncontrovertible, uncontrovertibly, uncontroverted, uncontrovertedly, uncontroversial, unconversable, unconversableness, unconversant, unconversing, unconversion, unconvert, unconverted, unconvertible, unconvertibility, traverse (noun, verb, adj.), traversed, traversely, traverser, traversing, multiverse, multiversity, renversement, retraverse, introversion, introvertive, introversive, introversible, introversibility
