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Suborn v. t. (past & past part. suborned; pres. part. suborning)

(Law) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.

To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate. "Thou art suborned against his honor." "Those who by despair suborn their death."

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Etymology of 'Suborn'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Suborn" Quotes from Famous Books

... erect, and thus laying the Whig-radical under the necessity of "walking in the light of the constitution" without aid from Irish crutches. The real onus imposed on Lord John's party is, where to look for, and how to suborn, some new idol and some fresh idolatry. Still to dispense with the laws in Ireland in the event of their own return to power, still to banish tranquillity from Ireland in the event of Sir Robert's ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLII. Vol. LV. April, 1844 • Various

Words linked to "Suborn" : misdirect, induce, deprave, make, demoralize, vitiate, suborner, profane, perjure, stimulate, debauch, corrupt, have, cause