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sub verter

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sub⋅vert

  [suhb-vurt]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to overthrow (something established or existing).
2. to cause the downfall, ruin, or destruction of.
3. to undermine the principles of; corrupt.
Origin:
1325–75; ME subverten < L subvertere to overthrow, equiv. to sub- sub- + vertere to turn

Related forms:
sub⋅vert⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. upset, disrupt, undermine, overturn, sabotage.
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Word Origin & History

subvert 
c.1375, from M.Fr. subvertir, from L. subvertere, from sub "under" + vertere "to turn" (see versus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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