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verb

Invert v. t. (past & past part. inverted; pres. part. inverting)

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. "That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions." "Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon."

(Mus.) To change the position of; said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.

To divert; to convert to a wrong use. (Obs.)

(Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.

Invert v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.

adjective

Inverted adj.

Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.

(Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.

Inverted arch (Arch.), an arch placed with crown downward; much used in foundations.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inverted" Quotes from Famous Books

... great inverted cone of cloud settled down from the mass above and touching the surface of the water set it whirling furiously. The water from the Gulf was lifted skyward, in a column which constantly grew broader at the base while its pointed top, mingling ...

— Dick in the Everglades • A. W. Dimock

... lake whence it took its course. The mists of the morning had dispersed, and the blue sky and white clouds were reflected from its glassy surface, while on its borders the deep, dark foliage of the woods lay inverted. Both of the brothers stood silent when they reached the edge of the water; both were impressed with the beauty ...

— Rich Enough - a tale of the times • Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee

... were never known to boast of a reckless facility in reading, even under normal conditions, and no doubt the grotesque appearance of the letters in the inverted document prompted the answer that 'they did not understand the contents of it.' Neither have we any evidence to prove that John Hebert contributed to their enlightenment by reading the document. The prisoners, however, were severely reprimanded by the Council, and ...

— The Acadian Exiles - A Chronicle of the Land of Evangeline • Arthur G. Doughty

... that year, we cut scionwood of the season's growth and inverted large burlap bags stuffed with leaves over the grafts, the bags braced on the inside by laths to prevent their collapsing on the grafts. So we have perpetuated ...

— Growing Nuts in the North • Carl Weschcke

... some cases they will; for I believe that the gospel, when truly preached, is never preached in vain—but they will throw every possible impediment in their way. I would tell them that in order to make the path of the missionary practicable, the system of trade must be inverted, the trader and the missionary must go hand in hand, and commerce and religion—although incomparably different in their nature and ends—must act the part of brother and sister if anything great is to be done for the poor ...

— The Gorilla Hunters • R.M. Ballantyne

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