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Definition of Subverted
1. subvert [v] - See also: subvert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subverted
Literary usage of Subverted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The formidable power of the Parthians, which spread from India to the frontiers
of Syria, was, in its turn, subverted by ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"... implacable spirit of a certain party Still among us, who are never to be
satisfied, till the present establishment in church and state is subverted. ..."
3. History of the Hartford Convention: With a Review of the Policy of the by Theodore Dwight (1833)
"... moment Bonaparte was overthrown, and his power subverted, the subject dwindled
into an abstract principle, not worth the trouble of further controversy. ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... where their dynasty was subverted by the Cholas in the gth century. The numerous
inscriptions of this family indicate that the earlier sovereigns ..."
5. History of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1899)
"The contrary instances were exceptions to the rule; but exceptions increasing
continually, till they subverted the rule itself. Prynne has remarked that we ..."
6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1902)
"Infants, as wards of the court, are entitled to its special protection, and a
fundamental rule of pleading should not be subverted in order to make a child ..."
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