invert

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1. 1.(Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
2. 2.To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] Knolles.
3. 3.(Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
4. 4.To undergo inversion, as sugar.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.An inverted arch.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony called?
• What is to divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.] Knolles called?
• What is to convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10 called?