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Synonyms
in·vert (ĭn-vûrt́)

[Latin invertere, in-, in; see in–2, + vertere, to turn.]

verb: -vert·ed, -vert·ing, -verts. 

transitive verb 

  1. To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.
  2. To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.
  3. To subject to inversion. See synonyms at reverse

intransitive verb 

To be subjected to inversion.

noun 

  1. Something inverted.
  2. Psychology
    1. One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.
    2. In the theory of Sigmund Freud, a homosexual person. No longer in scientific use.

derivatives

in·vert́i·ble
adjective