intervert

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   obsolete: to turn something aside to a different or improper course or use

   The trustee was accused of trying to intervert funds meant for the hospital.

2. 2
   verb

   obsolete: to change, invert, or exchange the position of something

   The mechanism could intervert the two channels before the signal reached the receiver.

From Latin intervertere, literally 'turn aside,' formed from inter- + vertere 'to turn.' English used it for diversion to an improper use and for changing or inverting position; both senses are now obsolete or highly rare.

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