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To overthrow; to subvert. [R.] Ayliffe.

The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor.

Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. Cowper. -- In`ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.

The state or condition of being incontrovertible.

Not controvertible; too clear or certain to admit of dispute; indisputable. Sir T. Browne. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*ble*ness, n. -- In*con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv.

Not turned or changed about. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

The quality or state of being inconvertible; not capable of being exchanged for, or converted into, something else; as, the inconvertibility of an irredeemable currency, or of lead, into gold.

Not convertible; not capable of being transmuted, changed into, or exchanged for, something else; as, one metal is inconvertible into another; bank notes are sometimes inconvertible into specie. Walsh.

Inconvertibility.

In an inconvertible manner.

Not to be diverted or turned aside. [R.] Lamb.

Convertible the one into the other; as, coin and bank notes are interconvertible.

To turn to another course or use. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Between vertebræ. -- In`ter*ver"te*bral*ly, adv.

To turn or bend inward. "Introverted toes." Cowper.

ut 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 u…

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.

Same as Invertebrate.

A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.

Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n.