Part 6043

<h1>Inverted</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vert"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.</def>

<cs><col>Inverted arch</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>an arch placed with crown downward; -- much used in foundations.</cd></cs>

<h1>Invertedly</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vert"ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inverted order.</def>

<i>Derham.</i>

<h1>Invertible</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vert"i*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Invert</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being inverted or turned.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Capable of being changed or converted; <as>as, <ex>invertible</ex> sugar</as>.</def>

<h1>Invertible</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vert"i*ble</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + L. <ets>vertere</ets> to turn + <ets>-ible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being turned or changed.</def>

<blockquote>An indurate and <b>invertible</b> conscience. <i>Cranmer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Invertin</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vert"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.</def>

<h1>Invest</h1> <Xpage=785>

<hw>In*vest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Invested</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Investing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>investire</ets>, <ets>investitum</ets>; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>vestire</ets> to clothe, fr. <ets>vestis</ets> clothing: cf. F. <ets>investir</ets>. See <er>Vest</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To put garments on; to clothe; to dress; to array; -- opposed to <i>divest</i>. Usually followed by <i>with</i>, sometimes by <i>in</i>; <as>as, to <ex>invest</ex> one with a robe</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put on.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Can not find one this girdle to <b>invest</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>invest</ex> with honor or glory; to <ex>invest</ex> with an estate.</as></def>

<blockquote>I do <b>invest</b> you jointly with my power. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To surround, accompany, or attend.</def>

<blockquote>Awe such as must always <b>invest</b> the spectacle of the guilt. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To confer; to give.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>It <b>investeth</b> a right of government. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>