v., -vert·ed, -vert·ing, -verts. v.tr.
- 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.
To be subjected to inversion.
n. (ĭn'vûrt')
- 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.
[Latin invertere : in-, in; see in-2 + vertere, to turn.]
invertible in·vert'i·ble adj.
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