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2. A warlike or hostile entrance into the possessions or domains of another; the incursion of an army for conquest or plunder.

3. The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease .

Syn. -- Invasion , Irruption , Inroad . Invasion is the generic term, denoting a forcible entrance into a foreign country. Incursion signifies a hasty and sudden invasion. Irruption denotes particularly violent invasion. Inroad is entry by some unusual way involving trespass and injury.

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In*va"sive (?) , a. [LL. invasivus : cf. F. invasif . See Invade .] Tending to invade; characterized by invasion; aggressive. " Invasive war."

Hoole.

Invect <Xpage=784>

In*vect" (?) , v. i. To inveigh. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

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In*vec"ted (?) , a. [L. invectus carried in. See Inveigh .] (Her.) Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed .

Invection <Xpage=784>

In*vec"tion (?) , n. [L. invectio . See Inveigh .] An inveighing against; invective. [Obs.]

Fulke.

Invective <Xpage=784>

In*vec"tive (?) , a. [L. invectivus : cf. F. invectif . See Inveigh .] Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.

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In*vec"tive , n. [F. invective .] An expression which inveighs or rails against a person; a severe or violent censure or reproach; something uttered or written, intended to cast opprobrium, censure, or reproach on another; a harsh or reproachful accusation; -- followed by against , having reference to the person or thing affected; as an invective against tyranny.

The world will be able to judge of his [Junius'] motives for writing such famous invectives . Sir W. Draper.

Syn. -- Abuse; censure; reproach; satire; sarcasm; railing; diatribe. See Abuse .

Invectively <Xpage=784>

In*vec"tive*ly , adv. In an invective manner.

Shak.

Inveigh <Xpage=784>

In*veigh" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Inveighed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveighing .] [L. invehere , invectum , to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle , and cf. Invective .] To declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against ; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse .

All men inveighed against him; all men, except court vassals, opposed him. Milton.

The artificial life against which we inveighed . Hawthorne.

Inveigher <Xpage=784>

In*veigh"er (?) , n. One who inveighs.

Inveigle <Xpage=784>

In*vei"gle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inveigled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inveigling (?) .] [Prob. fr. F. aveugler to blind, to delude, OF. aveugler , avugler , avegler , fr. F. aveugle blind, OF. aveugle , avugle , properly, without eyes, fr. L. ab + oculus eye. The pref. in- seems to have been substituted for a- taken as the pref. F. \'85 , L. ad . See Ocular .] To lead astray as if blind; to persuade to something evil by deceptive arts or flattery; to entice; to insnare; to seduce; to wheedle.

Yet have they many baits and guileful spells To inveigle and invite the un unwary sense. Milton.

Inveiglement <Xpage=784>

In*vei"gle*ment (?) , n. The act of inveigling, or the state of being inveigled; that which inveigles; enticement; seduction.

South.

Inveigler <Xpage=784>

In*vei"gler (?) , n. One who inveigles.

Inveil <Xpage=784>

In*veil" (?) , v. t. To cover, as with a vail.

W. Browne.

Invendibility <Xpage=784>

In*vend`i*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being invendible; invendibleness; unsalableness.

Invendible <Xpage=784>

In*vend"i*ble (?) , a. [L. invendibilis . See In- not, and Vendible .] Not vendible or salable. Jefferson . -- In*vend"i*ble*ness , n.

Invenom <Xpage=784>

In*ven"om (?) , v. t. See Envenom .

Invent <Xpage=784>

In*vent" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Invented ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventing .] [L. inventus , p. p. of invenire to come upon, to find, invent; pref. in- in + venire to come, akin to E. come : cf. F. inventer . See Come .]

1. To come or light upon; to meet; to find. [Obs.]

And vowed never to return again, Till him alive or dead she did invent . Spenser.

2. To discover, as by study or inquiry; to find out; to devise; to contrive or produce for the first time; -- applied commonly to the discovery of some serviceable mode, instrument, or machine.

Thus first Necessity invented stools. Cowper.

3. To frame by the imagination; to fabricate mentally; to forge; -- in a good or a bad sense; as, to invent the machinery of a poem; to invent a falsehood.

Whate'er his cruel malice could invent . Milton.

He had invented some circumstances, and put the worst possible construction on others. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To discover; contrive; devise; frame; design; fabricate; concoct; elaborate. See Discover .

Inventer <Xpage=784>

In*vent"er (?) , n. One who invents.

Inventful <Xpage=784>

In*vent"ful (?) , a. Full of invention.

J. Gifford.

Inventible <Xpage=784>

In*vent"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of being invented.

Inventibleness <Xpage=784>

In*vent"i*ble*ness , n. Quality of being inventible.

Invention <Xpage=784>

In*ven"tion (?) , n. [L. inventio : cf. F. invention . See Invent .]

1. The act of finding out or inventing; contrivance or construction of that which has not before existed; as, the invention of logarithms; the invention of the art of printing.

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As the search of it [truth] is the duty, so the invention will be the happiness of man. Tatham.

2. That which is invented; an original contrivance or construction; a device; as, this fable was the invention of Esop; that falsehood was her own invention .

We entered by the drawbridge, which has an invention to let one fall if not premonished. Evelyn.

3. Thought; idea.

Shak.

4. A fabrication to deceive; a fiction; a forgery; a falsehood.

Filling their hearers With strange invention . Shak.

5. The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention .

They lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, . . . for a poet is a maker. Dryden.

6. (Fine Arts, Rhet., etc.) The exercise of the imagination in selecting and treating a theme, or more commonly in contriving the arrangement of a piece, or the method of presenting its parts.

Invention of the cross (Eccl.) , a festival celebrated May 3d, in honor of the finding of our Savior's cross by St. Helena.

Inventious <Xpage=785>

In*ven"tious (?) , a. Inventive. [Obs.]

Inventive <Xpage=785>

In*vent"ive (?) , a. [Cf. F. inventif .] Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius . Dryden . -- In*vent"ive*ly , adv. -- In*vent"ive*ness , n.

Inventor <Xpage=785>

In*vent"or (?) , n. [L.: cf. F. inventeur .] One who invents or finds out something new; a contriver; especially, one who invents mechanical devices.

Inventorial <Xpage=785>

In`ven*to"ri*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to an inventory. -- In`ven*to"ri*al*ly , adv.

Shak.

Inventory <Xpage=785>

In"ven*to*ry (?) , n. ; pl. Inventories (#) . [L. inventarium : cf. LL. inventorium , F. inventaire , OF. also inventoire . See Invent .] An account, catalogue, or schedule, made by an executor or administrator, of all the goods and chattels, and sometimes of the real estate, of a deceased person; a list of the property of which a person or estate is found to be possessed; hence, an itemized list of goods or valuables, with their estimated worth; specifically, the annual account of stock taken in any business.

There take an inventory of all I have. Shak.

Syn. -- List; register; schedule; catalogue. See List .

Inventory <Xpage=785>

In"ven*to*ry , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inventoried (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inventorying .] [Cf. F. inventorier .] To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock .

I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried , and every particle and utensil labeled. Shak.

Inventress <Xpage=785>

In*vent"ress (?) , n. [Cf. L. inventrix , F. inventrice .] A woman who invents.

Dryden.

Inveracity <Xpage=785>

In`ve*rac"i*ty (?) , n. Want of veracity.

Inverisimilitude <Xpage=785>

In*ver`i*si*mil"i*tude (?) , n. Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.

Inverse <Xpage=785>

In*verse" (?) , a. [L. inversus , p. p. of invertere : cf. F. inverse . See Invert .]

1. Opposite in order, relation, or effect; reversed; inverted; reciprocal; -- opposed to direct .

2. (Bot.) Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.

3. (Math.) 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 figures (Geom.) , two figures, such that each point of either figure is inverse to a corresponding point in the order figure. -- Inverse points (Geom.) , two points lying on a line drawn from the center of a fixed circle or sphere, and so related that the product of their distances from the center of the circle or sphere is equal to the square of the radius. -- Inverse , &or; Reciprocal , ratio (Math.) , the ratio of the reciprocals of two quantities. -- Inverse , &or; Reciprocal, proportion , an equality between a direct ratio and a reciprocal ratio; thus, 4 : 2 : : <frac13/ : <frac16/ , or 4 : 2 : : 3 : 6, inversely .

Inverse <Xpage=785>

In"verse , n. That which is inverse.

Thus the course of human study is the inverse of the course of things in nature. Tatham.

Inversely <Xpage=785>

In*verse"ly (?) , adv. In an inverse order or manner; by inversion; -- opposed to directly .

Inversely proportional . See Directly proportional , under Directly , and Inversion , 4.

Inversion <Xpage=785>

In*ver"sion (?) , n. [L. inversio : cf. F. inversion . See Invert .]

1. The act of inverting, or turning over or backward, or the state of being inverted.

2. A change by inverted order; a reversed position or arrangement of things; transposition.

It is just the inversion of an act of Parliament; your lordship first signed it, and then it was passed among the Lords and Commons. Dryden.

3. (Mil.) 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.

4. (Math.) 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.

5. (Geom.) 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 .

6. (Gram.) 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 ."

7. (Rhet.) 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.

8. (Mus.) (a) Said of intervals , when the lower tone is placed an octave higher, so that fifths become fourths, thirds sixths, etc. (b) Said of a chord , when one of its notes, other than its root, is made the bass. (c) 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. (d) Said of double counterpoint , when an upper and a lower part change places.

9. (Geol.) The folding back of strata upon themselves, as by upheaval, in such a manner that the order of succession appears to be reversed.

10. (Chem.) 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 ).

&hand; The terms invert and inversion , in this sense, owe their meaning to the fact that the plane of polarization of light, which is rotated to the right by cane sugar, is turned toward the left by levulose.

Invert <Xpage=785>

In*vert" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inverted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Inverting .] [L. invertere , inversum ; pref. 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. [Obs.]

Knolles.

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

Invert <Xpage=785>

In*vert" , v. i. (Chem.) To undergo inversion, as sugar.

Invert <Xpage=785>

In"vert (?) , a. (Chem.) Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted; as, invert sugar .

Invert sugar (Chem.) , 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 <Xpage=785>

In"vert , n. (Masonry) An inverted arch.

Invertebral <Xpage=785>

In*ver"te*bral (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Invertebrate .

Invertebrata <Xpage=785>

In*ver`te*bra"ta (?) , n. pl. [NL., fr. L. in- not + vertebratus vertebrate.] (Zo\'94l.) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata.

Invertebrate <Xpage=785>

In*ver"te*brate (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebr\'91; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n. One of the Invertebrata.

Age of invertebrates . See Age , and Silurian .

Invertebrated <Xpage=785>

In*ver"te*bra`ted (?) , a. Having no backbone; invertebrate.

Inverted <Xpage=785>

In*vert"ed (?) , a.

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

Invertedly <Xpage=785>

In*vert"ed*ly , adv. In an inverted order.

Derham.

Invertible <Xpage=785>

In*vert"i*ble (?) , a. [From Invert .]

1. Capable of being inverted or turned.

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

Invertible <Xpage=785>

In*vert"i*ble , a. [Pref. in- not + L. vertere to turn + -ible .] Incapable of being turned or changed.

An indurate and invertible conscience. Cranmer.

Invertin <Xpage=785>

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

Invest <Xpage=785>

In*vest" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Invested ; p. pr. & vb. n. Investing .] [L. investire , investitum ; pref. in- in + vestire to clothe, fr. vestis clothing: cf. F. 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. [Obs.]

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 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 .

7. 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 <Xpage=785>

In*vest" (?) , v. i. To make an investment; as, to invest in stocks ; -- usually followed by in .