invert

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[ɪnˈvəːt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement
(e.g: invert the mousse on to a serving plate)

- modify (a phrase) by reversing the direction of pitch changes

- subject to inversion; transform into its inverse


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


[ˈɪnvəːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an arch constructed in an upside-down position to provide lateral support, e.g. in a tunnel

- a gay person

- a postage stamp printed with an error such that all or part of its design is upside down


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


[ˈɪnvəːt], (Noun)

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