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(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.
(v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
(v. t.) To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
(v. t.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
(v. i.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
(a.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.
(n.) An inverted arch.