a. [f. L. ēvers- ppl. stem of ēvertĕre (see EVERT) + -IVE.] Tending to eversion or overthrow. Const. of.

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1717.  Wodrow Corr. (1843), II. 324. Changing that imposition to some other shape, as eversive of the rights of the Christian people.

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1756.  T. Amory, Life J. Buncle (1770), I. 216. Schemes … eversive of true knowledge.

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1767.  H. Brooke, Fool of Qual. (1792), III. 250. No man … can possibly be bound by any consents or contracts eversive of the laws of God and of their own nature.

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1800.  Geddes, Critical Remarks, Ex. xi. I. 205 (R. Supp.). A maxim eversive … of all justice and morality.

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