单词 | subverted |
释义 | subvertedadj. 1. That has been subverted (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > overthrowing (an institution, principle, etc.) > overthrown or subverted subverted1544 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > capsized or upset overseteOE overwhelmed1440 subverted1544 overturned1561 overthrown1579 overcast1688 upset1842 capsized1882 upturned1895 1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio xxiii. f. 35 The common wealthe was deserte and cleane subuerted. 1685 A. Lovell tr. T. Skinner Hist. Affairs Eng. 71 in tr. G. Bate Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum in Anglia He submitted to the blow of the Executioner; and fell a Sacrifice to the Ghost of the Great Strafford, and to the Subverted Monarchy. 1749 S. Johnson Vanity Human Wishes 18 Did no subverted Empire mark his End? 1776 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 I. ii. 241 Beneath one foot, a subverted vase, expressive of her character as a nymph of the fountains. 1821 W. C. Plunkett in Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 4 336 He wisely prefers the Protestant establishment in an unimpaired state, to a Roman Catholic establishment in a subverted one. 1892 J. G. Wilson Mem. Hist. City N.Y. II. xiv. 619 The subverted sovereignty in a particular colony was transferred by its recipients to the new State government. 1943 Times 19 Nov. 5/2 Until the subverted States of Europe have been restored,..to that exercise of their rightful liberties which alone can make them free agents. 1997 Lat. Amer. Perspectives 24 121 The subverted or leveled power structure. 2010 D. D. Sellnow Rhetorical Power Pop. Culture v. 75 The film argued a subverted oppositional message. 2. Heraldry. Turned upside down; reversed. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adjective] > reversed or inverted versy1572 reversed1669 invertant1688 subvertant1688 subverted1688 renversé1725 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xiv. 340/2 Reversed, Everted, Subverted, Subvertant, or Debased: is when a thing from its proper nature and use, is turned over, or downwards. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xviii. 454/2 Party per pale, A. and G. three Cressants subverted in pale O. 1844 J. Burke & J. B. Burke Encycl. Heraldry (ed. 3) Dict. Terms p. xxiv/2 Subverted, reversed, turned upside down. 1973 J. P. Brooke-Little Heraldic Alphabet at Reversed Reversed (also Renversé and Subverted). Turned upside down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1544 |
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