Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUB-VER'SION
SUB-VER'SION, n. [Fr. from L. subversio. See Subvert.]
Entire overthrow; an overthrow of the foundation; utter ruin; as, the subversion of a government or state; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution or laws; the subversion of an empire.
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