invert Copy link • invert: inverto, ti, sum, 3: to i. the order (of words), ordinem i., Cic. Part. 7, 24: v. foll. art. Phr.: to i. the order of words, praeponere ultima primis, Hor. S. 1, 4, 59; ordinem verborum mutare, ita ut sursum versus retroque dicantur, cf. Cic. l. c.