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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Invert \In"vert\, n. (Masonry) An inverted arch. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Invert \In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inverted}; p. pr & vb n. {Inverting}.] [L. invertere, inversum pref. in- in + vertere to turn. See {Verse}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Invert \In*vert"\, v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Invert \In"vert\, a. (Chem.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: invert v 1: make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted" 2: turn inside out or upside down [syn: {reverse}]
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