'Invert' definitions:

Definition of 'invert'

From: WordNet
verb
Make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"
verb
Reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb" [syn: invert, reverse]
verb
Turn inside out or upside down [syn: turn back, invert, reverse]

Definition of 'Invert'

From: GCIDE
  • Invert \In*vert"\, v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Invert'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] --Knolles. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Invert'

From: GCIDE
  • Invert \In"vert\, a. (Chem.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Invert'

From: GCIDE
  • Invert \In"vert\, n. (Masonry) An inverted arch. [1913 Webster]