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