Both Uses of
invert
in
The Fountainhead
- It was an act of clenched teeth and hatred, it was the unendurable, the agony, an act of passion—the word born to mean suffering—it was the moment made of hatred, tension, pain—the moment that broke its own elements, inverted them, triumphed, swept into a denial of all suffering, into its antithesis, into ecstasy.†
Chpt 2.8
- His little mouth was shaped like a v in eternal good cheer; his eyebrows were tiny v's inverted over round, blue eyes; his hair, rich, white and waved, looked like a wig, but was real.†
Chpt 2.10 *
Definition:
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(invert) to turn something in the opposite position -- such as upside down, inside out, or (of two things) in switched position