INVERT
\ɪnvˈɜːt], \ɪnvˈɜːt], \ɪ_n_v_ˈɜː_t]\
Definitions of INVERT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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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.
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To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
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To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
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To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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An inverted arch.
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To change the position of; - said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
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To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
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To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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An inverted arch.
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To change the position of; - said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
