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Definition of Subverts

Subvert
Subvert Sub*vert", v. i. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy.
Subvert
Subvert Sub*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subverting.] [L. subvertere, subversum; sub under + vertere to turn: cf. F. subvertir. See Verse.] 1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength, With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns. --Shak. This would subvert the principles of all knowledge. --Locke. 2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. --2 Tim. iii. 14. Syn: To overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse; extinguish.

Meaning of Subverts from wikipedia

- Look up subversion or Subversion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Subversion is an attempt to overthrow structures of authority. Subversion may also...
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- conference, to help improve German relations with the United States. The novel subverts some of the conventions of the detective novel. It begins with a murder...
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- "interesting in a genre way; but it was also interesting to us because it subverts the genre expectations." He did not consider the film a western because...