v. t.
That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
As if these organs had deceptious functions. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Chem.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted;
Invert sugar (Chem.),
n. (Masonry) An inverted arch. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.)
a. (Zool.) Same as Invertebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. in- not + vertebratus vertebrate. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. --
Age of invertebrates.
a. Having no backbone; invertebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ 1913 Webster ]
Inverted arch (Arch.),
adv. In an inverted order. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Electricity) A device which converts direct current to alternating current. [ PJC ]
a. [ From Invert. ]
a. [ Pref. in- not + L. vertere to turn + -ible. ] Incapable of being turned or changed. [ 1913 Webster ]
An indurate and invertible conscience. Cranmer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physiol. Chem.) An enzyme which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]