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Definition of Subverse
1. v. t. To subvert.
Definition of Subverse
1. Verb. (obsolete) To subvert. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subverse
1. to overthrow [v SUBVERSED, SUBVERST, SUBVERSING, SUBVERSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subverse
Literary usage of Subverse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1884)
"Many of these are decidedly adverse to public morality, and more or less tend to
subverse religious faith. To begin (i) with the novel. ..."
2. A Legacy: Being the Life and Remains of John Martin, Schoolmaster and Poet by John Martin, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1878)
"Banishment is very rarely resorted to, and then only iu the case of some powerful
noble who threatens to subverse the monarchy. I might correctly say that I ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. by George Ripley (1858)
"... great variety of subverse, and generally with -r some time his wife had and
his own health gave way under of her affliction. ..."
4. The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States by United States, Joseph Story, George Sharswood (1848)
"... mouth of the Mississippi river, for the ascertainment of the practicability
of establishing a navy yard and naval station which shall best subverse the ..."
5. Liberty's Triumph: A Poem by Robert Wharton Landis (1849)
"... death, and hell pursue The wretch who durst through party influence Embroil
in war Columbia's happy hmd, Or seek her blood-bought freedom to subverse. ..."
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