Invert \In"vert\, n. (Masonry) An inverted arch. [1913 Webster]

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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.]

[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting its proper base to stand upon. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony. [1913 Webster]

3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.]

--Knolles. [1913 Webster]

4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. [1913 Webster]

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Invert \In*vert"\, v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar. [1913 Webster]

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Invert \In"vert\, a. (Chem.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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Invert \In"vert\, n. (Masonry) An inverted arch.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Invert \In*vert"\, v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Invert \In"vert\, a. (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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)