| v. t. | 1. | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 4. | (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. |
| v. i. | 1. | (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar. |
| a. | 1. | (Chem.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. |
| n. | 1. | (Masonry) An inverted arch. |