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.
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     But a usurping ape , with guile suborned , Had all subversed

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• subserve

Latin

Participle

subverse

1. vocative masculine singular of subversus