1530s, from Middle French invertir or directly from Latin invertere "turn upside down, turn about," from in- "in, on" (see in- (2)) + vertere "to turn" (see versus). Related: Inverted; inverting; invertedly.
例文
1. Place a plate over the cake tin and invert it.
ケーキの焼き型に皿をかぶせ、ひっくり返します。
2.If you invert "I can ",you have "can I ".
Icanを前後に反転させるとcan I.
They may be hoping to invert the presumption that a defendant is innocent until proved guilty.