subornv.

Brit.

/səˈbɔːn/, U.S.

/səˈbɔrn/

Forms:

α. 1500s subborne, 1500s subourne, 1500s–1600s subborn, 1500s–1600s suborne, 1500s– suborn; Scottish pre-1700 subborn, pre-1700 subern, pre-1700 suborne, pre-1700 suburn, pre-1700 1700s– suborn.

β. 1600s subordne.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French suburner, suborner; Latin subornāre.

Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman suburner, subhorner and Middle French suborner, subourner (French suborner ) to induce or procure (a person) to commit a crime or misdeed (1278 in Old French), to induce (a person, especially a witness) to give false testimony or to commit perjury (1340 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to equip (1372 in an apparently isolated attestation), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin subornāre to supply, equip, to dress up (with a costume or disguise), to put on an appearance of, to prepare, instruct (for a secret or underhand purpose) < sub- sub- prefix + ornāre orn v. Compare Old Occitan sobornar (14th cent.; also subornar ), Catalan subornar (1272), Spanish sobornar (early 14th cent.; also †subornar ), Portuguese subornar (1566), Italian subornare (1478). Compare slightly earlier subornation n. and slightly later subornate v.In β. forms probably by association with ordain v.; compare subordination n.² Senses 2, 3, 4 are not paralleled in French.

1. transitive. Frequently with to or infinitive. Also with against.

a. To induce or procure (a person) to commit a crime or misdeed, esp. by bribery or other corrupt means. Also figurative.When used without to or infinitive often: to cause to break allegiance, to corrupt the loyalty of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > induce to lawlessness or insubordination

suborn1534

solicit1565

1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 4 §1 Kynsfolkes to suche offendours have resorted to the same Jurours, and have suborned them to aquyte dyvers murderers.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. ii. 22 There must be subborned some craftie spie.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. i. 49 Vehement passions..undermine the iudgement, and suborne it to give sentence in favour of them.

1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 121 Seeing that Amurath hath invaded the Kingdom of his Allie, surprized his Townes, suborned his Subjects.

1731 T. Gordon tr. Tacitus Hist. i. 3, in Wks. II Slaves were suborned against their Masters, Freedmen against their Patrons.

1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 376 Different persons were suborned to cut off the duke by assassination.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. 232 The President..saw that the man could be suborned. He admitted him into the plot, [etc.].

1891 Victoria Parl. Deb. LXVII. 1312/1 I do not think Mr. Speight is a man who would assert himself so as to crow over those associated with him,..or suborn them to his own ends.

1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 6 §7 Every person who..attempts to..suborn another person to commit an offence against this Act.

1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison xxii. 277 Am I supposed to have suborned my cook and parlourmaid to be my accomplices?

1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) v. 326 A wealthy pharmaceuticals maker who inspires them to important discoveries while suborning them to his business interests.

1997 A. Bourdain in K. Williamson Rovers Return (1998) 121 I'd even suborned one of his prep cooks, so he'd feed me information, regularly, on what was going on in Jimmy's kitchen.

b. spec. To bribe or unlawfully procure (a person) to make accusations or give evidence against another; to induce (esp. a witness) to give false testimony or to commit perjury.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe > to give false evidence

procure1433

subornate1537

suborn1538

subordinate1583

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Suborno,..to suborne or brynge in a false. wytnesse, or messanger, or fayne one persone for an other, to deceyue with.

1557 New Test. (Geneva) Acts vi. 11 Then they suborned men, which sayd, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 106 Y^u knowst not what thou speak'st, Or else thou art suborn'd against his honor In hatefull practise.

1639 J. Saltmarsh Pract. Policie 198 Wicked men suborne false witnesses when they are convicted.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 171. ¶9 A Witness, suborn'd by some of Mariamne's Enemies, who accused her to the King of a Design to poison him.

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers i. ii. 46 If it can be shown that he is suborned,..his testimony loses all its credit.

1836 D. Leahy Let. in C. Norton Eng. Laws for Women in 19th Cent. (1854) 47 All the world..must acknowledge that the principal witnesses were perjured and suborned.

1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton v. 146 The Gothic courtiers..suborned branded scoundrels to swear away his life.

1908 L. C. Davidson Catherine of Bragança xii. 354 They had been suborned by Shaftesbury to accuse the Queen and the Duke of York..by lying evidence.

1979 J. J. Weingartner Crossroads of Death ix. 249 Others might have been suborned to perjury by friends and relatives of the accused.

2002 Kiplinger's Personal Finance May 66/1 In the judicial system, we have seen instances of lawyers suborning witnesses and embezzling client funds.

a. transitive. To prepare, provide, or obtain (something), esp. in a secret, stealthy, or underhand manner. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > stealthily

suborn1541

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > material

tawa900

defyc1380

work1440

suborn1541

to work up1591

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > accomplish clandestinely [verb (transitive)] > gain

stealc1426

suborn1541

smuggle1768

snakea1861

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxviii. f. 93 Where they be not therto suffycient, they wyl suborne some false quarrell to make a commotion.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) x. 422 In a golden boule She then subornd a potion.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 361 Since Reason not impossibly may meet Some specious object by the Foe subornd .

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia 552 Then entring unexpected will we seize Our destin'd Prey,..And hast'ning to the Seas suborn our Flight.

a1721 M. Prior Truth & Falsehood 33, in Wks. (1907) II. 132 The Fraudful Dame,..False sighs suborns, and artful tears.

1767 W. Harte Amaranth 95 Poppies, which suborn the sleep of death.

1842 R. D. Owen Moral Physiol. (new ed.) v. 30 'Tis strange that men, by way of suborning an argument, should be willing thus to vilify their relatives' characters and motives.

1992 Opera Canada Winter 30/1 Bored opera-goers watched Mimi's death with jadedness, suborning the grief of the bohemians with a dramatic cheap shot.

b. transitive. To contrive or bring about by bribery or other corrupt means; spec. to procure (evidence or testimony) in this way.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe > procure or obtain by bribe

suborn1572

bribe1602

undermoneya1661

1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth i. f. 75^v Some in Authority..do sometimes procure and suborne false accusations to be forged & testified.

1590 Sir Martin Mar-people sig. A2 Such litle care of conscience now, such periuries suborned.

1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 617 She kild Naboth, by suborning false witnesse against him.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 303 Upon single Perjuries suborned by themselves they condemned Men unheard.

1727 ‘C. D'Anvers’ Craftsman No. 9. 72 By suborning false judgment, and hiring Men to prostitute their consciences for sordid lucre.

1736 H. Fielding Pasquin i. 9 I would as soon suborn an Evidence at an Assize, as a Vote at an Election.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 670 The letters which were written in the name of the Nabob,..were in fact suborned by the Governor-General.

1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 84 The public murder which they have privately suborned.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith viii. 353 It is a kind of evidence which cannot be suborned.

1912 O. Elton Surv. Eng. Lit. I. xii. 371 The villain, Hardress Cregan, suborns the murder of his humble wife Eily.

1972 Life 4 Aug. 50/2 They were going to suborn perjury.

1990 Amer. Scholar 69 201 [He] condoned if he did not suborn the falsehood.

c. transitive. To introduce, use, or appropriate (a concept, argument, etc.), esp. for corrupt or sinister purposes. Also with to or infinitive. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate

intruse?a1500

ingyre1513

shuffle1565

cog1570

foist1570

wind?1570

obtrudea1575

interject1588

filch?1589

intrude1592

inthrust1605

possess1606

suborna1620

inedge1632

interlopea1641

subintroducteda1641

subintroduce1643

to hedge in1664

insinuate1665

dodge1687

lug1721

assinuate1742

wriggle1766

fudge1776

intertrude1809

injeer1820

protrude1840

sniggle1881

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > introduce with sinister motive

suborna1620

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. ix. §1. 59 He [sc. Euripides] suborned, in his Tragœdie, the person of Sisyphus, to expresse all his vngodlinesse.

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvi. 210 Nor is he onely content to suborne Divine Justice in his censure of what is past, but he assumes the person of Christ himself to prognosticate..what he wishes would come.

1677 Let. in J. Smith Mem. Wool (1757) I. lix. 215 Some Western Clothiers finding, so early, and upon other Reasons than are now suborned, that Trade decaying.

1724 G. Jeffreys Edwin v. 60 Away Deceiver: hast thou caught the Hint? Suborn'd the Frenzy of a sick Man's Dreams To colour hell-bred Malice.

1745 D. Fordyce Dialogues conc. Educ. I. x. 297 If Music, Poetry, Painting, or any of the Fine Arts are at any time suborned to promote a false Taste, and immoral Associations, it is not the Order of Nature we are to blame.

1890 Our Day Sept. 222 There is real ability in ‘Lux Mundi’, enlisted in suborning certain ideas just now largely overworked to the service of the English Church.

2005 L. Hopkins Beginning Shakespeare iv. 96 Cultural Materialism's detractors have alleged..that it is..prone both to inaccuracy and to suborning evidence for its own purposes.

†3. transitive. To give support to; to aid, assist. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)]

lasteOE

i-hentc1225

uphold?c1225

upbeara1300

sustainc1300

understand13..

uplift1338

maintainc1350

supporta1393

underset1395

buttressc1400

supprise1447

bolster1508

stay1526

undershore?a1534

underpropa1535

to hold up by the chin1546

back1548

suborn1548

suffult?c1550

upshore?1567

shoulder1577

upstay1600

underwrite1609

abone1622

crutch1641

float1823

backstop1956

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clix This capitayn [sc. Jack Cade] not onely suborned by techers, but also enforced by pryuye scholemasters, assembled together a great company of talle personages.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 114 Let their brightnesse glase the skies, that night may not suborne The Greekes escape.

†4. transitive. To commission (another) in one's place; to substitute, esp. secretly or illicitly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > depute or delegate authority > appoint as delegate, deputy, or substitute > in one's place

to commit one's stead toc1450

suborn1560

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxv After they vnderstode, that it was not possible for them to go vnto al places, whiche had nede of remedy, of necessitie they suborned others [L. necessario summisisse alios].

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. K^v Supplanting and setting aside the true children of the English, and suborning inkehorne changlings in their steade.

1643 J. Lightfoot Elias Redivivus 20 He had agreed with Jacob for Rachel,..but when it commeth to the point of performance he suborneth Leah, and deceives him with her.

1675 R. Vaughan Disc. Coin & Coinage x. 98 The counterfeiters of Money..cannot suborn base and abject mettals, as Copper, Lead, Tinn, (the materials of Counterfeiters) for Gold or Silver.

†5. transitive. To furnish, equip, adorn. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament

dightc1200

begoa1225

fay?c1225

rustc1275

duba1300

shrouda1300

adorna1325

flourishc1325

apparel1366

depaintc1374

dressa1375

raila1375

anorna1382

orna1382

honourc1390

paintc1390

pare1393

garnisha1400

mensk?a1400

apykec1400

hightlec1400

overfretc1440

exornc1450

embroider1460

repair1484

empare1490

ornate1490

bedo?a1500

purfle?a1500

glorify?1504

betrap1509

broider1509

deck?1521

likelya1522

to set forth1530

exornate1539

grace1548

adornate1550

fardc1550

gaud1554

pink1558

bedeck1559

tight1572

begaud1579

embellish1579

bepounce1582

parela1586

flower1587

ornify1590

illustrate1592

tinsel1594

formalize1595

adore1596

suborn1596

trapper1597

condecorate1599

diamondize1600

furnish1600

enrich1601

mense1602

prank1605

overgreen1609

crown1611

enjewel1611

broocha1616

varnish1641

ornament1650

array1652

bedub1657

bespangle1675

irradiate1717

gem1747

begem1749

redeck1771

blazon1813

aggrace1825

diamond1839

panoply1851

1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland in Wks. (Globe) 641/1 Evill thinges being decked and suborned with the gay attyre of goodly woordes.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ss4 Not to write at leasure that which men may read at leasure, but really to instruct and suborne Action and actiue life.

a1674 T. Traherne Cent., Poems & Thanksgivings (1958) II. 223 They..Are seen to shine; with greater gifts adorn'd Than Gold with Light, or Flesh with Life suborn'd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	suborn
释义	subornv. Brit. /səˈbɔːn/, U.S. /səˈbɔrn/ Forms: α. 1500s subborne, 1500s subourne, 1500s–1600s subborn, 1500s–1600s suborne, 1500s– suborn; Scottish pre-1700 subborn, pre-1700 subern, pre-1700 suborne, pre-1700 suburn, pre-1700 1700s– suborn. β. 1600s subordne. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French suburner, suborner; Latin subornāre. Etymology: < (i) Anglo-Norman suburner, subhorner and Middle French suborner, subourner (French suborner ) to induce or procure (a person) to commit a crime or misdeed (1278 in Old French), to induce (a person, especially a witness) to give false testimony or to commit perjury (1340 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to equip (1372 in an apparently isolated attestation), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin subornāre to supply, equip, to dress up (with a costume or disguise), to put on an appearance of, to prepare, instruct (for a secret or underhand purpose) < sub- sub- prefix + ornāre orn v. Compare Old Occitan sobornar (14th cent.; also subornar ), Catalan subornar (1272), Spanish sobornar (early 14th cent.; also †subornar ), Portuguese subornar (1566), Italian subornare (1478). Compare slightly earlier subornation n. and slightly later subornate v.In β. forms probably by association with ordain v.; compare subordination n.² Senses 2, 3, 4 are not paralleled in French. 1. transitive. Frequently with to or infinitive. Also with against. a. To induce or procure (a person) to commit a crime or misdeed, esp. by bribery or other corrupt means. Also figurative.When used without to or infinitive often: to cause to break allegiance, to corrupt the loyalty of. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > induce to lawlessness or insubordination suborn1534 solicit1565 1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 4 §1 Kynsfolkes to suche offendours have resorted to the same Jurours, and have suborned them to aquyte dyvers murderers. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ii. ii. 22 There must be subborned some craftie spie. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. i. 49 Vehement passions..undermine the iudgement, and suborne it to give sentence in favour of them. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 121 Seeing that Amurath hath invaded the Kingdom of his Allie, surprized his Townes, suborned his Subjects. 1731 T. Gordon tr. Tacitus Hist. i. 3, in Wks. II Slaves were suborned against their Masters, Freedmen against their Patrons. 1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III v. 376 Different persons were suborned to cut off the duke by assassination. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. 232 The President..saw that the man could be suborned. He admitted him into the plot, [etc.]. 1891 Victoria Parl. Deb. LXVII. 1312/1 I do not think Mr. Speight is a man who would assert himself so as to crow over those associated with him,..or suborn them to his own ends. 1911 Act 1 & 2 George V c. 6 §7 Every person who..attempts to..suborn another person to commit an offence against this Act. 1930 D. L. Sayers Strong Poison xxii. 277 Am I supposed to have suborned my cook and parlourmaid to be my accomplices? 1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) v. 326 A wealthy pharmaceuticals maker who inspires them to important discoveries while suborning them to his business interests. 1997 A. Bourdain in K. Williamson Rovers Return (1998) 121 I'd even suborned one of his prep cooks, so he'd feed me information, regularly, on what was going on in Jimmy's kitchen. b. spec. To bribe or unlawfully procure (a person) to make accusations or give evidence against another; to induce (esp. a witness) to give false testimony or to commit perjury. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe > to give false evidence procure1433 subornate1537 suborn1538 subordinate1583 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Suborno,..to suborne or brynge in a false. wytnesse, or messanger, or fayne one persone for an other, to deceyue with. 1557 New Test. (Geneva) Acts vi. 11 Then they suborned men, which sayd, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 106 Y^u knowst not what thou speak'st, Or else thou art suborn'd against his honor In hatefull practise. 1639 J. Saltmarsh Pract. Policie 198 Wicked men suborne false witnesses when they are convicted. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 171. ¶9 A Witness, suborn'd by some of Mariamne's Enemies, who accused her to the King of a Design to poison him. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers i. ii. 46 If it can be shown that he is suborned,..his testimony loses all its credit. 1836 D. Leahy Let. in C. Norton Eng. Laws for Women in 19th Cent. (1854) 47 All the world..must acknowledge that the principal witnesses were perjured and suborned. 1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton v. 146 The Gothic courtiers..suborned branded scoundrels to swear away his life. 1908 L. C. Davidson Catherine of Bragança xii. 354 They had been suborned by Shaftesbury to accuse the Queen and the Duke of York..by lying evidence. 1979 J. J. Weingartner Crossroads of Death ix. 249 Others might have been suborned to perjury by friends and relatives of the accused. 2002 Kiplinger's Personal Finance May 66/1 In the judicial system, we have seen instances of lawyers suborning witnesses and embezzling client funds. 2. a. transitive. To prepare, provide, or obtain (something), esp. in a secret, stealthy, or underhand manner. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > stealthily suborn1541 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > for use > material tawa900 defyc1380 work1440 suborn1541 to work up1591 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > accomplish clandestinely [verb (transitive)] > gain stealc1426 suborn1541 smuggle1768 snakea1861 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxxviii. f. 93 Where they be not therto suffycient, they wyl suborne some false quarrell to make a commotion. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) x. 422 In a golden boule She then subornd a potion. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 361 Since Reason not impossibly may meet Some specious object by the Foe subornd . View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Cymon & Iphigenia 552 Then entring unexpected will we seize Our destin'd Prey,..And hast'ning to the Seas suborn our Flight. a1721 M. Prior Truth & Falsehood 33, in Wks. (1907) II. 132 The Fraudful Dame,..False sighs suborns, and artful tears. 1767 W. Harte Amaranth 95 Poppies, which suborn the sleep of death. 1842 R. D. Owen Moral Physiol. (new ed.) v. 30 'Tis strange that men, by way of suborning an argument, should be willing thus to vilify their relatives' characters and motives. 1992 Opera Canada Winter 30/1 Bored opera-goers watched Mimi's death with jadedness, suborning the grief of the bohemians with a dramatic cheap shot. b. transitive. To contrive or bring about by bribery or other corrupt means; spec. to procure (evidence or testimony) in this way. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe > procure or obtain by bribe suborn1572 bribe1602 undermoneya1661 1572 Treat. Treasons against Q. Elizabeth i. f. 75^v Some in Authority..do sometimes procure and suborne false accusations to be forged & testified. 1590 Sir Martin Mar-people sig. A2 Such litle care of conscience now, such periuries suborned. 1638 R. Younge Drunkard's Char. 617 She kild Naboth, by suborning false witnesse against him. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 303 Upon single Perjuries suborned by themselves they condemned Men unheard. 1727 ‘C. D'Anvers’ Craftsman No. 9. 72 By suborning false judgment, and hiring Men to prostitute their consciences for sordid lucre. 1736 H. Fielding Pasquin i. 9 I would as soon suborn an Evidence at an Assize, as a Vote at an Election. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. viii. 670 The letters which were written in the name of the Nabob,..were in fact suborned by the Governor-General. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 84 The public murder which they have privately suborned. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith viii. 353 It is a kind of evidence which cannot be suborned. 1912 O. Elton Surv. Eng. Lit. I. xii. 371 The villain, Hardress Cregan, suborns the murder of his humble wife Eily. 1972 Life 4 Aug. 50/2 They were going to suborn perjury. 1990 Amer. Scholar 69 201 [He] condoned if he did not suborn the falsehood. c. transitive. To introduce, use, or appropriate (a concept, argument, etc.), esp. for corrupt or sinister purposes. Also with to or infinitive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate intruse?a1500 ingyre1513 shuffle1565 cog1570 foist1570 wind?1570 obtrudea1575 interject1588 filch?1589 intrude1592 inthrust1605 possess1606 suborna1620 inedge1632 interlopea1641 subintroducteda1641 subintroduce1643 to hedge in1664 insinuate1665 dodge1687 lug1721 assinuate1742 wriggle1766 fudge1776 intertrude1809 injeer1820 protrude1840 sniggle1881 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > do wrongfully or amiss [verb (transitive)] > introduce with sinister motive suborna1620 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. ix. §1. 59 He [sc. Euripides] suborned, in his Tragœdie, the person of Sisyphus, to expresse all his vngodlinesse. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxvi. 210 Nor is he onely content to suborne Divine Justice in his censure of what is past, but he assumes the person of Christ himself to prognosticate..what he wishes would come. 1677 Let. in J. Smith Mem. Wool (1757) I. lix. 215 Some Western Clothiers finding, so early, and upon other Reasons than are now suborned, that Trade decaying. 1724 G. Jeffreys Edwin v. 60 Away Deceiver: hast thou caught the Hint? Suborn'd the Frenzy of a sick Man's Dreams To colour hell-bred Malice. 1745 D. Fordyce Dialogues conc. Educ. I. x. 297 If Music, Poetry, Painting, or any of the Fine Arts are at any time suborned to promote a false Taste, and immoral Associations, it is not the Order of Nature we are to blame. 1890 Our Day Sept. 222 There is real ability in ‘Lux Mundi’, enlisted in suborning certain ideas just now largely overworked to the service of the English Church. 2005 L. Hopkins Beginning Shakespeare iv. 96 Cultural Materialism's detractors have alleged..that it is..prone both to inaccuracy and to suborning evidence for its own purposes. †3. transitive. To give support to; to aid, assist. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] lasteOE i-hentc1225 uphold?c1225 upbeara1300 sustainc1300 understand13.. uplift1338 maintainc1350 supporta1393 underset1395 buttressc1400 supprise1447 bolster1508 stay1526 stay1526 undershore?a1534 underpropa1535 to hold up by the chin1546 back1548 suborn1548 suffult?c1550 upshore?1567 shoulder1577 upstay1600 underwrite1609 abone1622 crutch1641 float1823 backstop1956 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clix This capitayn [sc. Jack Cade] not onely suborned by techers, but also enforced by pryuye scholemasters, assembled together a great company of talle personages. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 114 Let their brightnesse glase the skies, that night may not suborne The Greekes escape. †4. transitive. To commission (another) in one's place; to substitute, esp. secretly or illicitly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > investing with delegated authority > vest authority in a person [verb (transitive)] > depute or delegate authority > appoint as delegate, deputy, or substitute > in one's place to commit one's stead toc1450 suborn1560 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxxxv After they vnderstode, that it was not possible for them to go vnto al places, whiche had nede of remedy, of necessitie they suborned others [L. necessario summisisse alios]. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. K^v Supplanting and setting aside the true children of the English, and suborning inkehorne changlings in their steade. 1643 J. Lightfoot Elias Redivivus 20 He had agreed with Jacob for Rachel,..but when it commeth to the point of performance he suborneth Leah, and deceives him with her. 1675 R. Vaughan Disc. Coin & Coinage x. 98 The counterfeiters of Money..cannot suborn base and abject mettals, as Copper, Lead, Tinn, (the materials of Counterfeiters) for Gold or Silver. †5. transitive. To furnish, equip, adorn. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautify [verb (transitive)] > ornament dightc1200 begoa1225 fay?c1225 rustc1275 duba1300 shrouda1300 adorna1325 flourishc1325 apparel1366 depaintc1374 dressa1375 raila1375 anorna1382 orna1382 honourc1390 paintc1390 pare1393 garnisha1400 mensk?a1400 apykec1400 hightlec1400 overfretc1440 exornc1450 embroider1460 repair1484 empare1490 ornate1490 bedo?a1500 purfle?a1500 glorify?1504 betrap1509 broider1509 deck?1521 likelya1522 to set forth1530 exornate1539 grace1548 adornate1550 fardc1550 gaud1554 pink1558 bedeck1559 tight1572 begaud1579 embellish1579 bepounce1582 parela1586 flower1587 ornify1590 illustrate1592 tinsel1594 formalize1595 adore1596 suborn1596 trapper1597 condecorate1599 diamondize1600 furnish1600 enrich1601 mense1602 prank1605 overgreen1609 crown1611 enjewel1611 broocha1616 varnish1641 ornament1650 array1652 bedub1657 bespangle1675 irradiate1717 gem1747 begem1749 redeck1771 blazon1813 aggrace1825 diamond1839 panoply1851 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland in Wks. (Globe) 641/1 Evill thinges being decked and suborned with the gay attyre of goodly woordes. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ss4 Not to write at leasure that which men may read at leasure, but really to instruct and suborne Action and actiue life. View more context for this quotation a1674 T. Traherne Cent., Poems & Thanksgivings (1958) II. 223 They..Are seen to shine; with greater gifts adorn'd Than Gold with Light, or Flesh with Life suborn'd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1534
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