invert

1. v. t. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. Source: opted

2. v. t. To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony. Source: opted

3. v. t. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. Source: opted

4. v. t. To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. Source: opted

5. v. i. To undergo inversion, as sugar. Source: opted

6. a. Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. Source: opted

7. n. An inverted arch. Source: opted

8. v. make an inversion (in a musical composition) Source: wordnet

9. v. reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of Source: wordnet

10. v. turn inside out or upside down Source: wordnet

11. 1. To turn over; to put upside down; to upset; to place in a contrary order or direction; to reverse; as, to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc. That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions. Shak. Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. Cowper. 2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony. 3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] Knolles. 4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. To undergo inversion, as sugar. Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. Invert sugar (Chem.), a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion, Dextrose, Levulose, and Sugar. An inverted arch. Source: webster

12. To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord,or parts which compose harmony. Source: adambom

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