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subversing

subversing is the present participle and gerund of subverse.

Meaning of subverse

Verb

subverse (third-person singular simple present subverses, present participle subversing, simple past and past participle subversed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To subvert.
    • But a usurping ape, with guile suborned, / Had all subversed1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC

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Questions about subversing

What is subversing the present participle and gerund of?
Subversing is the present participle and gerund of subverse.

Words near subversing in the dictionary

  1. subverbally
  2. subvermiform
  3. subverse
  4. subversed
  5. subverses
  6. subversing
  7. subversion
  8. subversionaries
  9. subversionary
  10. subversioning
  11. subversions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subversing (page history and authors); subverse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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