subvert

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength,
With which he yoketh your rebellious necks,
Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This would subvert the principles of all knowledge. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. 2 Tim. iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse; extinguish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. [ 1913 Webster ]

They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Reversed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]