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Webster 1913 Edition

Subversive

Sub-ver′sive

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
subversif
.]
Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin.
Lying is a vice
subversive
of the very ends and design of conversation.
Rogers.

Webster 1828 Edition

Subversive

SUBVERS'IVE

,
Adj.
Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. Every immorality is subversive of private happiness. Public corruption of morals is subversive of public happiness.

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