Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to invert
Participle: inverted
Gerund: inverting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | invert |
| you | invert |
| he;she;it | inverts |
| we | invert |
| you | invert |
| they | invert |
Perfect
| I | have inverted |
| you | have inverted |
| he;she;it | has inverted |
| we | have inverted |
| you | have inverted |
| they | have inverted |
Past
| I | inverted |
| you | inverted |
| he;she;it | inverted |
| we | inverted |
| you | inverted |
| they | inverted |
Pluperfect
| I | had inverted |
| you | had inverted |
| he;she;it | had inverted |
| we | had inverted |
| you | had inverted |
| they | had inverted |
Future
| I | will invert |
| you | will invert |
| he;she;it | will invert |
| we | will invert |
| you | will invert |
| they | will invert |
Future Perfect
| I | will have inverted |
| you | will have inverted |
| he;she;it | will have inverted |
| we | will have inverted |
| you | will have inverted |
| they | will have inverted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | invert |
| you | invert |
| he;she;it | invert |
| we | invert |
| you | invert |
| they | invert |
Perfect
| I | have inverted |
| you | have inverted |
| he;she;it | have inverted |
| we | have inverted |
| you | have inverted |
| they | have inverted |
Imperfect
| I | inverted |
| you | inverted |
| he;she;it | inverted |
| we | inverted |
| you | inverted |
| they | inverted |
Pluperfect
| I | had inverted |
| you | had inverted |
| he;she;it | had inverted |
| we | had inverted |
| you | had inverted |
| they | had inverted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would invert |
| you | would invert |
| he;she;it | would invert |
| we | would invert |
| you | would invert |
| they | would invert |
Perfect
| I | would have inverted |
| you | would have inverted |
| he;she;it | would have inverted |
| we | would have inverted |
| you | would have inverted |
| they | would have inverted |
Imperative
| you | invert |
| we | Let's invert |
| you | invert |
Verbs conjugated like 'invert'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'invert'
inert,
insert,
invect,
invent,
invest,
advert,
avert,
convert,
divert,
evert,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1533, from M.Fr. invertir, from L. invertere "turn upside down, turn about," from in- "in, on" + vertere "to turn" see versus). Inversion is from 1551.
2. From Middle French invertir.
Sample Sentences
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to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
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That doth inuert th’atteſt of eyes and eares, / As if thoſe organs were deceptions^([sic – meaning deceptious]) functions, […] [c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], signatures K3, verso – [K4], recto:]
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Seldom, alas! the power of logic reigns / With much ſufficiency in royal brains. / Such reaſ'ning falls like an inverted cone, / Wanting its proper baſe to ſtand upon. [1781 (date written), William Cowper, “Table Talk”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1782, →OCLC, page 4:]
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ob-: used as a prefix inverts the term affixed. [[1936], “Glossary of Botanical Terms Used”, in J[ames] S[ykes] Gamble, Flora of the Presidency of Madras, volume I, London: Adlard & Son, […], →OCLC, page xxix:]
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[H]e had miſgouerned the ſtate, inuerted his treaſures to his owne priuat […] [1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:]