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suborn |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suborn \Sub*orn"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suborned}; p. pr & vb n. {Suborning}.] [F. suborner, L. subornare sub under secretly + ornare to furnish, provide, equip, adorn. See {Ornament}.] 1. (Law) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken --Sir W. O. Russell. 2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means to incite secretly; to instigate. Thou art suborned against his honor. --Shak. Those who by despair suborn their death. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suborn v : incite to commit a crime
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