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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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overcome
English
Etymology
From Middle English overcomen, from Old English ofercuman (“to overcome, subdue, compel, conquer, obtain, attain, reach, overtake”), corresponding to over- +? come. Cognate with Dutch overkomen (“to overcome”), German überkommen (“to overcome”), Danish overkomme (“to overcome”), Swedish överkomma (“to overcome”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???v??k?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?v???k?m/
Verb
overcome (third-person singular simple present overcomes, present participle overcoming, simple past overcame, past participle overcome)
- (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
- to overcome enemies in battle
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, Ch. 4:
- By and by fumes of brandy began to fill the air, and climb to where I lay, overcoming the mouldy smell of decayed wood and the dampness of the green walls.
- (transitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
- To come or pass over; to spread over.
- To overflow; to surcharge.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Philips to this entry?)
Translations
Noun
overcome (plural overcomes)
- (Scotland) The burden or recurring theme in a song.
- (Scotland) A surplus.
References
- overcome in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- overcome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- come over, come-over, comeover
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