subˈverted, a.
[f. subvert v. + -ed1.]
1. Overturned, overthrown.
| 1749 Johnson Van. Hum. Wishes 216 Did no subverted Empire mark his End? 1776 Pennant Tour Scot. in 1772 ii. I. 241 Beneath one foot, a subverted vase, expressive of her character as a nymph of the fountains. 1822 Mrs. Plunket in C. Butler Hist. Mem. Eng. Cath. (ed. 3) IV. 336 He prefers a protestant establishment and an unimpaired state to a roman catholic establishment and a subverted one. |
2. Her. Reversed, turned in a direction contrary to the usual one.
| 1688 Holme Armoury ii. xiv. 340/2 Reversed, Everted, Subverted, Subvertant, or Debased: is when a thing from its proper nature and use, is turned over, or downwards. Ibid. ii. xviii. 454/2 Party per pale, A. and G. three Cressants subverted in pale O. |