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subvert
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English subverten, from Old French subvertir, from Latin subvert? (“to overthrow”, literally “to underturn, turn from beneath”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s?b?v??t/
- (US) enPR: s?bvûrt?, IPA(key): /s?b?v?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
subvert (third-person singular simple present subverts, present participle subverting, simple past and past participle subverted)
- (transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
- , Book IV, Chapter XVIII
- This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.
- , Book IV, Chapter XVIII
- (transitive) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
- A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.
- (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
Derived terms
- subversion
- subversive
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from subvertising, by analogy with advert.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?bv??t/
- (US) enPR: s?b?vûrt, IPA(key): /?s?bv?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Noun
subvert (plural subverts)
- An advertisement created by subvertising.
Synonyms
- subvertisement
Translations
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discomfit
English
Etymology
From Old French desconfit, past participle of desconfire (“to undo, to destroy”), from des- (“completely”), from Latin dis- + confire (“to make”), from Latin conficio (“to finish up, to destroy”), from com- (“with, together”) + facio (“to do, to make”).
Later sense of “to embarrass, to disconcert” due to confusion with unrelated discomfort.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?k?mf?t/
Verb
discomfit (third-person singular simple present discomfits, present participle discomfiting or discomfitting, simple past and past participle discomfited or discomfitted) (transitive)
- (archaic) To defeat completely; to rout.
- Synonyms: overthrow, vanquish
- (rare) To defeat the plans or hopes of; to frustrate; disconcert.
- Synonyms: foil, thwart
- 1886, Andrew Lang, chapter 10, in The Mark Of Cain:
- In these disguises, Maitland argued, he would certainly avoid recognition, and so discomfit any mischief planned by the enemies of Margaret.
- To embarrass greatly; to confuse; to perplex; to disconcert.
- Synonyms: abash, disconcert; see also Thesaurus:abash
Usage notes
While the word is widely used to mean “to embarrass, to disconcert”, prescriptive usage considers this a mistake (confusion with discomfort), and restricts discomfit to meaning “to defeat”. However, Merriam–Webster notes that “[...] the sense "to discomfort or disconcert" has become thoroughly established and is the most prevalent meaning of the word.”
Translations
See also
- discomfort
Adjective
discomfit (comparative more discomfit, superlative most discomfit)
- (obsolete) Discomfited; overthrown.
Further reading
- “discomfit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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