tending+to+the+overthrow

  • 101perduellio — /pard(y)uwel(i)yow/ In Roman law, hostility or enmity towards the Roman republic; traitorous conduct on the part of a citizen, subversive of the authority of the laws or tending to overthrow the government …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 102Subversive — Sub*ver sive, a. [Cf. F. subversif.] Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. [1913 Webster] Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design of conversation. Rogers. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 103subversive — subversively, adv. subversivism, subversiveness, n. /seuhb verr siv/, adj. 1. Also, subversionary /seuhb verr zheuh ner ee, sheuh /. tending to subvert or advocating subversion, esp. in an attempt to overthrow or cause the destruction of an… …

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