per-vertō (-vortō) tī, sus, ere, to overturn, overthrow, throw down: arbusta, tecta.

—Fig., to overthrow, subvert, abuse, misuse, destroy, ruin, undo, corrupt: amicitiam: omnia iura: hostium vim, suam: Contra fata deūm, perverso numine, reversing their will, V.

—To trip up, put down, confute: me numquam ullo artificio: semet, Ta.: Germanici liberos, i. e. exclude from the succession, Ta.