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Subverting

Subvert \Sub*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subverting.] [L. subvertere, subversum; sub under + vertere to turn: cf. F. subvertir. See Verse.]

  1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

    These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength, With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
    --Shak.

    This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
    --Locke.

  2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
    --2 Tim. iii. 14.

    Syn: To overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse; extinguish.

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vb. (present participle of subvert English)

Usage examples of "subverting".

And now I was head in the School of Rhetoric, whereat I rejoiced proudly, and became inflated with arrogance, though more sedate, O Lord, as Thou knowest, and altogether removed from the subvertings of those "subverters"