subverseEtymologyFrom Latin subversus, past participle of subvertere. See subvert.subverse means to subvert. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbTo subvert.“But a usurping ape, with guile suborned, / Had all subversed”nounA kind of alternative universe.“You must be picking up olfactory emanations from a subverse destined to be your neighbor.”