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From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
Invert (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting.] [L. invertere, inversum; pref. in- in + vertere to turn. See {Verse}.]
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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.”
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That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
As if these organs had deceptious functions.
-- Shak.
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Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon.
-- Cowper.
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2. (Mus.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
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3. To divert; to convert to a wrong use. [Obs.]
Knolles.
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4. (Chem.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See {Inversion}, n., 10.
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From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
Invert, v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
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From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
Invert (?), a. (Chem.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; “as, invert sugar”.
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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}.
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From GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English, version 0.54:
Invert, n. (Masonry) An inverted arch.
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