\In*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inverted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Inverting}.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in +
vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]
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.
         That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears, As if
         these organs had deceptious functions. --Shak.
         Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone, Wanting
         its proper base to stand upon.        --Cowper.
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. [Obs.] --Knolles.
4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or
   subject to, inversion. See {Inversion}, n., 10.

\In*vert"\, v. i. (Chem.)
To undergo inversion, as sugar.

\In"vert\, a. (Chem.)
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;
as, invert sugar.
{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}.

\In"vert\, n. (Masonry)
An inverted arch.