subversivus Save DMLBS subversivus [CL subvertere+-ivus], that tends to subvert or overthrow, subversive. 1437 dissidium ‥ universi regiminis ‥ quod tamen Deus avertat, ~um Bekynton II 39; fortunae fallacis ~a varietas Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 79.