Subvert
King James Dictionary [1]
Subvert', L subverto sub and verto, to turn.
1. To overthrow from the foundation to overturn to ruin utterly. The northern nations of Europe subverted the Roman empire. He is the worst enemy of man, who endeavors to subvert the christian religion. The elevation of corrupt men to office will slowly, but surely, subvert a republican government.
This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
2. To corrupt to confound to pervert the mind, and turn it from the truth. 2 Timothy 2
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
(2): ( v. t.) To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
(3): ( v. i.) To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
sub - vûrt ´ ( עות , ‛āwath ; ἀνατρέπω , anatrépō ): Occurs 5 t: (1) in the sense of overturning, etc., as the translation of ‛āwath , "to make bent or crooked" ( Lamentations 3:36 ), "to subvert a man in his cause"; of anaskeudzo, primarily, "to pack up baggage"; then, "to ravage," etc. ( Acts 15:24 , "subverting your souls"); of anatrepō , "to turn upside down," "to overturn" ( Titus 1:11 , "who subvert whole houses," the Revised Version (British and American) "overthrow"); of katastrophḗ , "overthrow," "destruction" ( 2 Timothy 2:14 , "to the subverting of them that hear"); (2) in the sense of perverting: ekstréphō , "to turn or twist out" "to turn about" ( Titus 3:11 , "such is subverted," the Revised Version (British and American) "perverted"). For "overthrown me" ( Job 19:6 ) the Revised Version (British and American) has "subverted me (in my cause)," margin "overthrown me"; for "perverteth" ( Proverbs 19:3 ), "subverteth."
