Subvert Definition
səb-vûrt
subverted, subverting, subverts
verb
subverted, subverting, subverts
To overthrow or destroy (something established)
Webster's New World
To undermine, overturn, or render ineffective (a rule or an established notion, such as a stereotype, for example).
American Heritage
To cause to serve a purpose other than the original or established one; commandeer or redirect.
American Heritage
To undermine or corrupt, as in morals.
Webster's New World
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
Wiktionary
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noun
An advertisement created by subvertising.
Wiktionary
Origin of Subvert
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Middle English subverten from Old French subvertir from Latin subvertere sub- sub- vertere to turn wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English subverten, from Latin subvertō (“to overthrow", literally “to underturn, turn from beneath").
From Wiktionary
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Back-formation from subvertising, by analogy with advert.
From Wiktionary
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