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.
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.
