subverse, v. rare.
(səbˈvɜːs)
[f. L. subvers-, pa. ppl. stem of subvertĕre to subvert.]
trans. To subvert, upset.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. xii. 42 Those goodly roomes..Now vanisht vtterly, and cleane subuerst She found. 1730–46 Thomson Autumn 1128 Empires subvers'd, when ruling Fate has struck Th' unalterable hour. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 24 The fear of subversing the table. |