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   In·vert

   verb

   • 1. put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement: "invert the mousse onto a serving plate"
   • 2. modify (a phrase) by reversing the direction of pitch changes.
   • ▪ alter (an interval or chord) by changing the relative position of the notes in it.
   • 3. subject to inversion; transform into its inverse.

   noun

   • 1. an arch constructed in an upside-down position to provide lateral support, e.g. in a tunnel.
   • ▪ the concave lower surface of a sewer or drain.
   • 2. a gay person. dated
   • 3. a postage stamp printed with an error such that part of its design is upside down.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘turn back to front’): from Latin invertere, literally ‘turn inside out’, from in- ‘into’ + vertere ‘to turn’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. invertibility noun
   • 2. invertible adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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