suborn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suborn	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for suborn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suborn v incite to commit a crime or an evil deed; "He suborned his butler to cover up the murder of his wife" procure (false testimony or perjury) induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suborn \Suborn"\, 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.