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evaginate (v.)

1650s, "withdraw (something) from a sheath;" 1660s, "to turn (a tube) inside out," from Latin evaginatus, past participle of evaginare "to unsheathe," from assimilated form of ex "out, out of" (see ex-) + vagina (see vagina). Related: Evaginated; evaginating.

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