suborn, suborne

t [Fr. suborner, from Lat. suborno to furnish or supply in an underhand way or secretly: sub =under, and or no to furnish, to adorn; Sp. sobornar; Port. subornar; Italian suborn are.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. In the same sense as II. *2. To procure by underhand or indirect means. "Throw off the burden and suborn their death." Dryden Palamon and Arcite , iii. 1,039. 3. To induce to give false testimony, or to commit other crime, by means of bribes or the like. "Thou hast suborned the goldsmith to arrest me." Shakesp.: Comedy of Errors, iv. 4. II. Law : To procure or cause to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury.