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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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... as it may appear, he had so obstinately set his heart upon being considered a great poet, that he had recourse to the most mean as well as cruel expedients to accomplish it. For this purpose, he endeavoured to suborn a poet who lived under his patronage. The man, whose name was Philoxenus, had lost the favour of the king, and was imprisoned by him for the seduction of one of his female singers. Having written some verses, the tyrant bethought him of establishing ...

— The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor - Vol. I. No. 3. March 1810 • Various

Words linked to "Suborn" : procure, demoralize, deprave, cause, subornation, pervert, make, secure, have, get, misdirect, profane