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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Invert  \In*vert"\,  v.  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.  --Shak. 
 
  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},  n.,  10. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inverted  \In*vert"ed\,  a. 
  1.  Changed  to  a  contrary  or  counterchanged  order  reversed; 
  characterized  by  inversion. 
 
  2.  (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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  inverted 
  adj  1:  being  in  such  a  position  that  top  and  bottom  are  reversed; 
  "a  quotation  mark  is  sometimes  called  an  inverted 
  comma";  "an  upside-down  cake"  [syn:  {upside-down}] 
  2:  (of  a  plant  ovule)  completely  inverted;  turned  back  180 
  degrees  on  its  stalk  [syn:  {anatropous}]  [ant:  {amphitropous}] 




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