Inverisimilitude (n.) Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.
Inverse (a.) Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct.
Inverse (a.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
Inverse (a.) Opposite in nature and effect; -- said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity; as, multiplication is the inverse operation to division. The symbol of an inverse operation is the symbol of the direct operation with -1 as an index. Thus sin-1 x means the arc whose sine is x.
Inverse (n.) That which is inverse.
Inversely (adv.) In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly.
Inversion (n.) The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.
Inversion (n.) A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition.
Inversion (n.) A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so on.
Inversion (n.) A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third.
Inversion (n.) A peculiar method of transformation, in which a figure is replaced by its inverse figure. Propositions that are true for the original figure thus furnish new propositions that are true in the inverse figure. See Inverse figures, under Inverse.
Inversion (n.) A change of the usual order of words or phrases; as, "of all vices, impurity is one of the most detestable," instead of, "impurity is one of the most detestable of all vices."
Inversion (n.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.
Inversion (n.) Said of intervals, when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc.
Inversion (n.) Said of a chord, when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass.
Inversion (n.) Said of a subject, or phrase, when the intervals of which it consists are repeated in the contrary direction, rising instead of falling, or vice versa.
Inversion (n.) Said of double counterpoint, when an upper and a lower part change places.
Inversion (n.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.
Inversion (n.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose).
Inverted (imp. & p. p.) of Invert
Inverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invert
Invert (v. t.) 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.
Invert (v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony.
Invert (v. t.) To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
Invert (v. t.) To convert; to reverse; to decompose by, or subject to, inversion. See Inversion, n., 10.
Invert (v. i.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.
Invert (a.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar.
Invert (n.) An inverted arch.
Invertebral (a.) Same as Invertebrate.
Invertebrata (n. pl.) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.
Invertebrate (a.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebrae; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.
Invertebrate (n.) One of the Invertebrata.
Invertebrated (a.) Having no backbone; invertebrate.
Inverted (a.) Changed to a contrary or counterchanged order; reversed; characterized by inversion.
Inverted (a.) Situated apparently in reverse order, as strata when folded back upon themselves by upheaval.
Invertedly (adv.) In an inverted order.
Invertible (a.) Capable of being inverted or turned.
Invertible (a.) Capable of being changed or converted; as, invertible sugar.
Invertible (a.) Incapable of being turned or changed.
Invertin (n.) An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
Invested (imp. & p. p.) of Invest
Investing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invest
Invest (v. t.) 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.
Invest (v. t.) To put on.
Invest (v. t.) 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.
Invest (v. t.) To surround, accompany, or attend.
Invest (v. t.) To confer; to give.
Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of 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.
Invest (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock.
Invest (v. i.) To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks; -- usually followed by in.
Investient (a.) Covering; clothing.
Investigable (a.) Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research.
Investigable (a.) Unsearchable; inscrutable.
Investigated (imp. & p. p.) of Investigate
Investigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Investigate
Investigate (v. t.) 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 (v. i.) To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.
Investigation (n.) 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 (a.) Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
Investigator (n.) One who searches diligently into a subject.
Investiture (n.) The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing.
Investiture (n.) Livery of seizin.
Investiture (n.) That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
Investive (a.) Investing.
Investment (n.) The act of investing, or the state of being invested.
Investment (n.) That with which anyone is invested; a vestment.
Investment (n.) The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
Investment (n.) 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.
Investor (n.) One who invests.
Investure (n.) Investiture; investment.
Investure (v. t.) To clothe; to invest; to install.
Inveteracy (n.) 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.
Inveteracy (n.) Malignity; spitefulness; virulency.
Inveterate (a.) Old; long-established.
Inveterate (a.) Firmly established by long continuance; obstinate; deep-rooted; of long standing; as, an inveterate disease; an inveterate abuse.
Inveterate (a.) Having habits fixed by long continuance; confirmed; habitual; as, an inveterate idler or smoker.
Inveterate (a.) Malignant; virulent; spiteful.
Inveterate (v. t.) To fix and settle by long continuance.
Inveterately (adv.) In an inveterate manner or degree.
Inveterateness (n.) Inveteracy.
Inveteration (n.) The act of making inveterate.
Invict (a.) Invincible.
Invidious (a.) Envious; malignant.
Invidious (a.) Worthy of envy; desirable; enviable.
Invidious (a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions.
Invigilance (n.) Alt. of Invigilancy
Invigilancy (n.) Want of vigilance; neglect of watching; carelessness.
Invigor (v. t.) To invigorate.
Invigorated (imp. & p. p.) of Invigorate
Invigorating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Invigorate
Invigorate (v. t.) To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.
Invigoration (n.) The act of invigorating, or the state of being invigorated.
Invile (v. t.) To render vile.
Invillaged (p. a.) Turned into, or reduced to, a village.
Invincibility (n.) The quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.
Invincible (a.) Incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued; unconquerable; insuperable; as, an invincible army, or obstacle.
Inviolability (n.) The quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
Inviolable (a.) 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.
Inviolable (a.) Unviolated; uninjured; undefiled; uncorrupted.
Inviolable (a.) Not capable of being broken or violated; as, an inviolable covenant, agreement, promise, or vow.