Definition of Suborn

Sub`orn´
v. t.1.(Law) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.
[imp. & p. p. Suborned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Suborning.]
2.To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate.
Those who by despair suborn their death.
- Dryden.


Related Words

briber, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subornation, suborner, subvert, vitiate


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Subnotation
Subnotochordal
Subnuvolar
Subobscurely
Subobtuse
Suboccipital
Suboctave
Subocular
Subofficer
Subopercular
Suboperculum
Suborbicular
Suborbital
Suborder
Subordinacy
Subordinance
Subordinary
Subordinate
Subordination
Subordinative
Subornation
Suborner
Suboval
Subovate
Subovated
Suboxide
Subpeduncular
Subpedunculate
Subpellucid
Subpena
Subpentangular
Subpericardial
Subperiosteal
Subperiosteal operation
Subperitoneal
Subpetiolar
Subpleural
Subpodophyllous
Subpoena
Subpoena ad testificandum
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