'Invert' definitions:
Definition of 'invert'
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Definition of 'Invert'
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- 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]
Synonyms of 'invert'
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- auntie,
- bi-guy,
- bisexual,
- bull dyke,
- butch,
- catamite,
- change,
- chicken,
- convert,
- dyke,
- evert,
- fag,
- faggot,
- fairy,
- femme,
- flip,
- flit,
- fricatrice,
- fruit,
- gunsel,
- homo,
- homophile,
- homosexual,
- homosexualist,
- introvert,
- intussuscept,
- invaginate,
- inverse,
- lesbian,
- nance,
- pansy,
- pathic,
- pronate,
- punk,
- queen,
- queer,
- resupinate,
- reverse,
- revert,
- revolve,
- rotate,
- sapphist,
- supinate,
- transplace,
- transpose,
- tribade,
- turn,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn down,
- turn in,
- turn inside out,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn upside down