subvert

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin subvertere (to overthrow), literally  (to turn from under).

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Infinitive
to subvert

Third person singular
subverts

Simple past
subverted

Past participle
subverted

Present participle
subverting

to subvert (third-person singular simple present subverts, present participle subverting, simple past and past participle subverted)

  1. (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
  2. (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
  3. (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

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[edit] Etymology 2

Back-formation from subvertising, by analogy with advert.

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Singular
subvert

Plural
subverts

subvert (plural subverts)

  1. An advertisement created by subvertising.

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