subverse

English

Etymology

From Latin subversus, past participle of subvertere. See subvert.

Verb

subverse (third-person singular simple present subverses, present participle subversing, simple past and past participle subversed)

  1. (obsolete) To subvert.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for subverse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

subverse

  1. vocative masculine singular of subversus
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