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Dictionary Results for suborn:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

suborn
    v 1: incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his
         butler to cover up the murder of his wife"
    2: procure (false testimony or perjury)
    3: induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The
       President tried to suborn false witnesses"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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