subvert en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- səbvûrtʹ (US)
- /səbˈvɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /səbˈvɝt/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:, Book IV, Chapter XVIII This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.
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(transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.
- (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subverts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| subverting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| subverted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| subverted | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
subvertible · subvertable · subvertingly · resubvert · unsubverted · subversive · subversion
Synonyms
destroy · uproot · disintegrate · extinguish · remove · overturn · devastate · unbreed · atomize · bewreck · subvert · pull down · erase · extirpate · devastate · dissolve · fuck · harry · sophisticate · wipe out · erase · corrupt · obliterate · wreck · ravel · demolish · liquidate · annihilate · eradicate · debauch · file · eliminate · seduce · pulverize · fordo · preposterate · level · ravage · corrupt · detort · subvert · ruin · overthrow · total · demoralize · blot out · benothing · disperse · aerosolize · wipe off · lead astray · unexist · tamper · wreck · lay waste · blotto · decompose · suborn · seduce · jazz · waste · stamp out · dash · pollute · unmake · vitiate · ruinate · immoralize · raze · warp · nuke · exterminate · adulterate · suborn · pervert · unmoralize · diffuse · desolate · race
Translations (42)
fi kumota (to upturn convention by undermining it) · bg развращавам (to pervert the mind) · fi kumota (to overthrow) · sv störta (to overthrow) · nl corrumperen (to pervert the mind) · fi tuhota (to pervert the mind) · de korrumpieren (to pervert the mind) · la subvertō (to overthrow) · es contrariar (to overthrow) · de umstoßen (to overthrow) · it corrompere (to pervert the mind) · ru сверга́ть (to overthrow) · de untergraben (to upturn convention by undermining it) · es subvertir (to upturn convention by undermining it) · sv omstörta (to overthrow) · hu megdönt (to overthrow) · de zerrütten (to pervert the mind) · la subvertō (to upturn convention by undermining it) · pt subverter (to overthrow) · bg катурвам (to overthrow) · ga suaith (to upturn convention by undermining it) · de unterlaufen (to upturn convention by undermining it) · ru развраща́ть (to pervert the mind) · ca subvertir (to upturn convention by undermining it) · pt subverter (to pervert the mind) · hu aláaknáz (to upturn convention by undermining it) · hu felbomlaszt (to upturn convention by undermining it) · fi mullistaa (to upturn convention by undermining it) · ru ниспроверга́ть (to overthrow) · fi kukistaa (to overthrow) · bg подривам (to upturn convention by undermining it) · es subvertir (to pervert the mind) · ru разруша́ть (to pervert the mind) · fi horjuttaa (to pervert the mind) · nl ondergraven (to upturn convention by undermining it) · bg събарям (to overthrow) · ru подрыва́ть (to upturn convention by undermining it) · fr renverser (to overthrow) · nl omverwerpen (to overthrow) · de stürzen (to overthrow) · hu felforgat (to upturn convention by undermining it) · pt subverter (to upturn convention by undermining it)