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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...
- pronunciation of 'you', which subverts the expected rhyme of an unstressed 'ya', is intentional hint towards an alternative subverted rhyme with the pronoun...
- can be subverted. Furthermore, it may help to identify practices and tools that are not subversive. Institutions and morals can be subverted, but ideology...
- Shut Up & Sing: How Elites from Hollywood, Politics, and the UN Are Subverting America, published October 25, 2003, decries liberal elites in politics...
- Subverted support is a logical fallacy of explanation which attempts to explain something that does not happen. X happens because of Y (when X does not...
- scheming and acting to subvert the political power of the State and overthrow the socialist system" and "incitement to subvert the political power of...
- Patrick J. (2004), Where the Right Went Wrong: How Neoconservatives Subverted the Reagan Revolution and Hijacked the Bush Presidency, St. Martin's Press...
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- Ceechynaa, she writes songs in a way that promotes female empowerment and subverts gender stereotypes, rapping about "things that make women feel in control"...
- 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...