| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sub·orn |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s -bôrn |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sub·orned, sub·orn·ing, sub·orns
1. To induce (a person) to commit an unlawful or evil act. 2. Law a. To induce (a person) to commit perjury. b. To procure (perjured testimony). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin sub rn re : sub-, secretly; see sub– + rnre, to equip; see ar- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | sub or·nation (s bôr-nshn) —NOUN
sub·orner —NOUN
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