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Webster 1913 Edition
Subversion
Sub-ver′sion
,Noun.
The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction;
as, the
subversion
of a government; the subversion
of despotic power; the subversion
of the constitution.The
subversion
[by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. Evelyn.
Laws have been often abused to the oppression and
subversion
of that order they were intended to preserve. Rogers.
Webster 1828 Edition
Subversion
SUBVER'SION
,Noun.