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   Invert , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in + vertere to turn. See Verse.]
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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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   That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
   As if these organs had deceptious functions.
   Shak.
   
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   Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
   Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
   Cowper.
   
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   (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
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   To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.]
   Knolles.
   
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   (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
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   Invert, v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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   Invert , a. (Chem.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.
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   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.
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   Invert, n. (Masonry) An inverted arch.
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