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subverted

subverted is the simple past and past participle of subvert.

Meaning of subvert

Verb

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.
    • He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
    • The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.
  3. (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).

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Questions about subverted

What is subverted the simple past and past participle of?
Subverted is the simple past and past participle of subvert.

Words near subverted in the dictionary

  1. subversivism
  2. subverst
  3. subvert
  4. subvertable
  5. subvertebral
  6. subverted
  7. subverter
  8. subverters
  9. subvertest
  10. subverteth
  11. subvertible

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