Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Designed or tending to overthrow; subversive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive; with
of .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending to
evert oroverthrow ;subversive .
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Examples
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And contrary to our covenants, wherein we are bound to preserve reformation, and uniformity in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, to extirpate popery, &c. to free our souls from the guilt of other men's sins, defend our liberties; and consequently never to comply with a toleration, eversive of all these interests we are sworn to maintain, and productive of these things we are sworn to endeavour the extirpation of.
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[15] However much these leading articles in the Arminian and Pelagian scheme be now taught and applauded yet sure they are God-dishonouring and soul-ruining tenets, contrary to scripture, God's covenant, and eversive of man's salvation.
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