Invert

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1. Verb

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.

2. Verb

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

3. Verb

To divert; to convert to a wrong use.

4. Verb

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

5. Verb

To undergo inversion, as sugar.

6. Adjective

Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.

7. Noun

An inverted arch.
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