Invert
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.
To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.
An inverted arch.
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Invert Translations
invert in German is umkehren
invert in Norwegian is invertere
invert in Spanish is invertido
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