1.  invert(v = verb.change) - make an inversion (in a musical composition); "here the theme is inverted"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  invert(v = verb.change) reverse - reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of; "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb"
is one way to reorder
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3.  invert(v = verb.change) reverse, turn back - turn inside out or upside down;
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun inversion₉, noun inversion₈, noun inverter₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

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. [1913 Webster]
"That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
As if these organs had deceptious functions." [1913 Webster]
"Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon." [1913 Webster]

2.  To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony. [1913 Webster]

3.  To divert; to convert to a wrong use. Knolles. [1913 Webster]

4.  To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10. [1913 Webster]

   To undergo inversion, as sugar. [1913 Webster]

   Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar. [1913 Webster]

   An inverted arch. [1913 Webster]

invert, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 turn upside down.
2 reverse the position, order, or relation of.
3 Mus. change the relative position of the notes of (a chord or interval) by placing the lowest note higher, usu. by an octave.
4 subject to inversion.
--n.
1 a homosexual.
2 an inverted arch, as at the bottom of a sewer.

Idiom:
inverted comma = quotation mark. inverted snob a person who likes or takes pride in what a snob might be expected to disapprove of. invert sugar a mixture of dextrose and laevulose.

Derivative:
inverter n. invertible adj. invertibility n.

Etymology:
L invertere invers- (as IN-(2), vertere turn)

VB  be contrary, contrast with, oppose, diller toto coelo, invert, reverse, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out, contradict, contravene, antagonize.

VB  be inverted, turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about, turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over, capsize, turn turtle, invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert, reverse, up turn, over turn, up set, over set, turn topsy turvy, culbuter, transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables.

invert soap, invert sugar