Definition of: invert

(in·vûrt′) v.t.
1. To turn upside down or inside out.
2. To reverse the position, order, or sequence of; turn in the opposite direction.
3. To change to the opposite: to invert a meaning.
4. Music To transpose, as an interval, phrase, or vocal part.
5. Chem. To alter, as a compound, by inversion.
6. Phonet. To articulate with inversion of the tongue.
—v.i.
7. To undergo inversion.
—adjective (in′vûrt) Inverted.
—noun (in′vûrt) A homosexual. [<L invertere <in- in + vertere turn]
—in·vert′i·ble adjective
—in·ver′tor noun