—v.tr.
1 turn upside down.
2 reverse the position, order, or relation of.
3 Mus. change the relative position of the notes of (a chord or interval) by placing the lowest note higher, usu. by an octave.
4 subject to inversion.
—n.
1 a homosexual.
2 an inverted arch, as at the bottom of a sewer.
Phrases and idioms:
inverted comma = quotation mark. inverted snob a person who likes or takes pride in what a snob might be expected to disapprove of. invert sugar a mixture of dextrose and laevulose.
Derivatives:
inverter n. invertible adj. invertibility n.
Etymology: L invertere invers- (as IN-(2), vertere turn)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.