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Webster 1913 Edition

Invert

In-vert′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inverted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inverting
.]
[L.
invertere
,
inversum
; pref.
in-
in +
vertere
to turn. See
Verse
.]
1.
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.
Shakespeare
Such reasoning falls like an
inverted
cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
Cowper.
2.
(Mus.)
To change the position of; – said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
3.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
[Obs.]
Knolles.
4.
(Chem.)
To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See
Inversion
,
Noun.
, 10.

In-vert′

,
Verb.
I.
(Chem.)
To undergo inversion, as sugar.

In′vert

,
Adj.
(Chem.)
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;
as,
invert
sugar
.
Invert sugar
(Chem.)
,
a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See
Inversion
,
Dextrose
,
Levulose
, and
Sugar
.

In′vert

,
Noun.
(Masonry)
An inverted arch.

Webster 1828 Edition

Invert

INVERT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L.inverto; in and verto, to turn.]
1.
To turn into a contrary direction; to turn upside down; as, to invert a cone; to invert a hollow vessel.
2.
To place in a contrary order or method; as, to invert the rules of justice; to invert the order of words.
And winter storms invert the year.
3.
In music, to change the order of the notes which form a chord, or the parts which compose harmony.
4.
To divert; to turn into another channel; to embezzle. [Not in use.]

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