First Known Use: 1534
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suborn
transitive verb sub·orn \sə-ˈbȯrn\
: to persuade (someone) to do something illegal (such as to lie in a court of law)
: to get (false testimony) from a witness
Full Definition of SUBORN
1
: to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing
2
: to induce to commit perjury; also : to obtain (perjured testimony) from a witness
— sub·or·na·tion \ˌsə-ˌbȯr-ˈnā-shən\ noun
— sub·orn·er noun
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Origin of SUBORN
Middle French suborner, from Latin subornare, from sub- secretly + ornare to furnish, equip — more at ornate
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Rhymes with SUBORN
acorn, adorn, airborne, althorn, baseborn, bass horn, bicorne, blackthorn, blue corn, boxthorn, broomcorn, buckthorn, bullhorn, careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn, dehorn, dent corn, earthborn, einkorn, field corn, firethorn, firstborn, flint corn, foghorn, forewarn, forlorn, forworn, freeborn, French horn, green corn, greenhorn, hartshorn, hawthorn, highborn, hulled corn, inborn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn, longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, newborn, outworn, pod corn, popcorn, post horn, pronghorn, ramshorn, reborn, saxhorn, seaborne, self-born, shipborne, shoehorn, shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne, soilborne, stillborn, stinkhorn, sweet corn, tick-borne, timeworn, tinhorn, toilworn, tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, twinborn, unborn, unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-worn, wind-borne
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