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Invert In·vert" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Inverted ; present participle & verbal noun Inverting .] [ Latin invertere , inversum ; prefix in- in + vertere to turn. See Verse .]

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.

That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears,
As if these organs had deceptious functions.

Shak.

Such reasoning falls like an inverted cone,
Wanting its proper base to stand upon.

Cowper.

2. (Mus.) To change the position of; - - said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.

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

4. (Chemistry) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion , noun , 10.

Invert In·vert" intransitive verb (Chemistry) To undergo inversion, as sugar.

Invert In"vert adjective (Chemistry) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.

Invert sugar (Chemistry) , a variety of sugar, consisting of a mixture of dextrose and levulose, found naturally in fruits, and produced artificially by the inversion of cane sugar (sucrose); also, less properly, the grape sugar or dextrose obtained from starch. See Inversion , Dextrose , Levulose , and Sugar .

Invert In"vert noun (Masonry) An inverted arch.

Invertase In·vert"ase noun (Chemistry) (a) An enzyme capable of effecting the inversion of cane suger, producing invert sugar. It is found in many plants and in the intestines of animals. (b) By extension, any enzyme which splits cane sugar, milk sugar, lactose, etc., into monosaccharides.

Invertebral In·ver"te·bral adjective (Zoology) Same as Invertebrate .

Invertebrata In·ver`te·bra"ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Latin in- not + vertebratus vertebrate.] (Zoology) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.

Invertebrate In·ver"te·brate adjective (Zoology) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- noun One of the Invertebrata.

Age of invertebrates . See Age , and Silurian .

Invertebrated In·ver"te·bra`ted adjective Having no backbone; invertebrate.

Inverted In·vert"ed adjective

1. Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.

2. (Geol.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.

Inverted arch (Architecture) , an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.

Invertedly In·vert"ed·ly adverb In an inverted order. Derham.

Invertible In·vert"i·ble adjective [ From Invert .]

1. Capable of being inverted or turned.

2. (Chemistry) Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar.

Invertible In·vert"i·ble adjective [ Prefix in- not + Latin vertere to turn + -ible .] Incapable of being turned or changed.

An indurate and invertible conscience.

Cranmer.

Invertin In·vert"in noun (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.

Invest In·vest" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Invested ; present participle & verbal noun Investing .] [ Latin investire , investitum ; prefix in- in + vestire to clothe, from vestis clothing: confer French investir . See Vest .]

1. To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to divest . Usually followed by with , sometimes by in ; as, to invest one with a robe.

2. To put on. [ Obsolete]

Can not find one this girdle to invest .

Spenser.

3. To clothe, as with office or authority; to place in possession of rank, dignity, or estate; to endow; to adorn; to grace; to bedeck; as, to invest with honor or glory; to invest with an estate.

I do invest you jointly with my power.

Shak.

4. To surround, accompany, or attend.

Awe such as must always invest the spectacle of the guilt.

Hawthorne.

5. To confer; to give. [ R.]

It investeth a right of government.

Bacon.

6. (Mil.) To inclose; to surround or hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town.

7. To lay out (money or capital) in business with the view of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.

Invest In·vest" intransitive verb To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in .

Investient In·vest"ient adjective [ Latin investiens , present participle of investire .] Covering; clothing. [ R.] Woodward.

Investigable In·ves"ti·ga·ble adjective [ Latin investigabilis . See Investigate .] Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research. Hooker.

Investigable In·ves"ti·ga·ble adjective [ Latin investigabilis . See In- not, and Vestigate .] Unsearchable; inscrutable. [ Obsolete]

So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof.

Bale.

Investigate In·ves"ti·gate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Investigated ; present participle & verbal noun Investigating .] [ Latin investigatus , past participle of investigare to investigate; prefix in- in + vestigare to track, trace. See Vestige .] To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural phenomena.

Investigate In·ves"ti·gate intransitive verb To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.

Investigation In·ves`ti·ga"tion noun [ Latin investigatio : confer French investigation .] The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.

Investigative In·ves"ti·ga·tive adjective Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.

Investigator In·ves"ti·ga`tor noun [ Latin : confer French investigateur .] One who searches diligently into a subject.

Investiture In·ves"ti·ture noun [ Late Latin investitura : confer French investiture .]

1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the state of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.

He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops.

Sir W. Raleigh.

2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin.

The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture , or open delivery of possession.

Blackstone.

3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.

While we yet have on
Our gross investiture of mortal weeds.

Trench.

Investive In·vest"ive adjective Investing. [ R.] Mir. for Mag.

Investment In·vest"ment noun 1. The act of investing, or the state of being invested.

2. That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.

Whose white investments figure innocence.

Shak.

3. (Mil.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.

The capitulation was signed by the commander of the fort within six days after its investments .

Marshall.

4. The laying out of money in the purchase of some species of property; the amount of money invested, or that in which money is invested.

Before the investment could be made, a change of the market might render it ineligible.

A. Hamilton.

An investment in ink, paper, and steel pens.

Hawthorne.

Investor In·vest"or noun One who invests.

Investure In·ves"ture noun Investiture; investment. [ Obsolete] Bp. Burnet.

Investure In·ves"ture transitive verb To clothe; to invest; to install. [ Obsolete] "Monks . . . investured in their copes." Fuller.

Inveteracy In·vet"er·a·cy noun [ From Inveterate .]

1. Firm establishment by long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted obstinacy of any quality or state acquired by time; as, the inveteracy of custom, habit, or disease; -- usually in a bad sense; as, the inveteracy of prejudice or of error.

An inveteracy of evil habits that will prompt him to contract more.

A. Tucker.

2. Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.

The rancor of pamphlets, the inveteracy of epigrams, and the mortification of lampoons.

Guardian.

Inveterate In·vet"er·ate adjective [ Latin inveteratus , past participle of inveterare to render old; prefix in- in + vetus , veteris , old. See Veteran .]

1. Old; long-established. [ Obsolete]

It is an inveterate and received opinion.

Bacon.

2. Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse.

Heal the inveterate canker of one wound.

Shak.

3. Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.

4. Malignant; virulent; spiteful. H. Brooke.

Inveterate In·vet"er·ate transitive verb To fix and settle by long continuance. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Inveterately In·vet"er·ate·ly adverb In an inveterate manner or degree. " Inveterately tough." Hawthorne.

Inveterateness In·vet"er·ate·ness noun Inveteracy. Sir T. Browne.

Inveteration In·vet`er·a"tion noun [ Latin inveteratio .] The act of making inveterate. [ R.] Bailey.

Invict In·vict" adjective [ Latin invictus . See In- not, and Victor .] Invincible. [ Obsolete] Joye.

Invidious In·vid"i·ous adjective [ Latin invidiosus , from invidia envy. See Envy , and confer Envious .]

1. Envious; malignant. [ Obsolete] Evelyn.

2. Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable. [ Obsolete]

Such a person appeareth in a far more honorable and invidious state than any prosperous man.

Barrow.

3. Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.

Agamemnon found it an invidious affair to give the preference to any one of the Grecian heroes.

Broome.

-- In*vid"i*ous*ly , adverb -- In*vid"i*ous*ness , noun

Invigilance, Invigilancy In·vig"i·lance, In·vig"i·lan·cy noun [ in- not + vigilance : confer Old French invigilance .] Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.

Invigor In·vig"or (ĭn*vĭg"ẽr) transitive verb To invigorate. [ Obsolete]

Invigorate In·vig"or·ate (-āt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Invigorated ; present participle & verbal noun Invigorating .] [ Prefix in- in + vigor .] To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

Christian graces and virtues they can not be, unless fed, invigorated , and animated by universal charity.

Atterbury.

Syn. -- To refresh; animate; exhilarate; stimulate.

Invigoration In·vig`or·a"tion noun The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.

Invile In·vile" transitive verb To render vile. [ Obsolete] Daniel.

Invillaged In·vil"laged p. adjective Turned into, or reduced to, a village. [ Obsolete] W. Browne.

Invincibility In·vin`ci·bil"i·ty noun [ Confer French invincibilité .] The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.

Invincible In·vin"ci·ble adjective [ Latin invincibilis : confer French invincible . See In- not, and Vincible .] Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.

Lead forth to battle these my sons
Invincible .

Milton.

-- In*vin"ci*ble*ness , noun -- In*vin"ci*bly , adverb

Inviolability In·vi`o·la·bil"i·ty noun [ Latin inviolabilitas : confer French inviolabilité .] The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.

Inviolable In·vi"o·la·ble adjective [ Latin inviolabilis : confer French inviolable . See Inviolate , adjective ]

1. Not violable; not susceptible of hurt, wound, or harm (used with respect to either physical or moral damage); not susceptible of being profaned or corrupted; sacred; holy; as, inviolable honor or chastity; an inviolable shrine.

He tried a third, a tough, well-chosen spear,
The inviolable body stood sincere.

Dryden.

2. Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.

For thou, be sure, shalt give account
To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep
This place inviolable , and these from harm.

Milton.

3. Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.

Their almighty Maker first ordained
And bound them with inviolable bands.

Spenser.

And keep our faiths firm and inviolable .

Shak.

Inviolableness In·vi"o·la·ble·ness noun The quality or state of being inviolable; as, the inviolableness of divine justice.

Inviolably In·vi"o·la·bly adverb Without violation.

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