invert
v.
reverse; reverse order; turn upside down; turn inside out
adj.
reverse, turned around, turned upside down
n.
turning over; homosexual; reversal, reversed colors on a screen (Computers)
Inverse
invert
Verb
1. make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(classification) music
2. turn inside out or upside down
(synonym) reverse
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) inversion, eversion, everting
Invert
(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 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. t.)
To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
(v. i.)
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
(n.)
An inverted arch.
(a.)
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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