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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art suborned against his honor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who by despair suborn their death. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. subornation. ] 1. (Law) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foul subornation is predominant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. De Quinsey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action. [ 1913 Webster ]