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3 definitions found 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]: Inverted \In*vert"ed\, a. 1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order reversed; characterized by inversion. 2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval. {Inverted arch} (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inverted adj 1: being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake" [syn: {upside-down}] 2: (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk [syn: {anatropous}] [ant: {amphitropous}]
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