in·vert
(ĭn-vûrt́)
[Latin invertere, in-, in; see in–2, + vertere, to turn.]
verb: -vert·ed, -vert·ing, -verts.
transitive verb
- To turn inside out or upside down: invert an hourglass.
- To reverse the position, order, or condition of: invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.
- To subject to inversion. See synonyms at reverse
intransitive verb
- To be subjected to inversion.
noun
- Something inverted.
- Psychology
- One who takes on the gender role of the opposite sex.
- In the theory of Sigmund Freud, a homosexual person. No longer in scientific use.
derivatives
- in·vert́i·ble
- adjective