Meanings (ES + gloss)
contrariar
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
, Book IV, Chapter XVIII This would be to subvert the principles and foundations of all knowledge.
He […] razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
subvertir
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
The oppressive regime stays in power only as long as they manage to subvert the will of the people.
subvertir
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
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