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单词 subornate
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subornateadj.

Forms: Middle English–1700s subornate, Middle English subornat.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subornātus, subornāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin subornātus, past participle of subornāre suborn v.
Obsolete.
1. Of a person: = suborned adj. 1. Also as past participle.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [adjective] > of nature of bribe > bribed
subornate1431
bribed?1556
waged1561
feed1579
suggested1647
suborned1676
greased1693
bought1700
nobbled1876
fixeda1889
1431 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1431 §27. m. 5 Certeyns subornatz proves and persones of hir assent and covyne.
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 63 Iulius Proculus, subornate by the Romanes, seide Romulus to haue apperede to hym.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. i. xvi. 91 Þe sonnys of Ancus (quhilkis has subornate þir lymmaris to sla þe king).
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts viii. f. xxxii They perceyued Steuen vnworthely oppressed by subornate witnesse.
1560 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1843) III. ii. 225 Sche saw Jonet Watsone subornate and seducit be Williame and then repellet.
1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood in Coll. Certain Lett. & Conf. 33 Your subornate witnesses.
1606 B. Barnes Foure Bks. Offices iii. 143 Offences and hurtes are of diuers natures, either by riots, affrayes, conspiracies, or murthers of themselues, as principals, or by subornate persons and assistants, as accessaries, acted, & executed.
2. Characterized by deceit; false, underhand.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > dishonest person > [adjective]
unjustc1400
bribing1530
unhonest1545
subornate1548
sinistrous1600
sinistruous1601
horse-fair1606
under-honest1609
left-handed1615
leer1631
dishonest1752
cross1819
one-eyed1833
crook1911
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky
subornate1548
sneaking1582
sinistral1598
sinistruous1601
left-sided1607
left-handed1615
meeching1616
leer1631
backstabbing1803
sneaky1834
underhand1842
sneakish1864
underhanded1864
low-down1905
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxix The cloked gentlenes, and subornate fashion of the duke of Yorke.
1741 tr. F. de S. de la M. Fénélon in tr. L. Riccoboni Hist. & Crit. Acct. Theatres in Europe 259 A Plan of a French Tragedy upon the Subject of OEdipus, in the Manner of Sophocles, without any subornate [Fr. postiche] Intrigue of Love.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

subornatev.

Brit. /səˈbɔːneɪt/, U.S. /səˈbɔrneɪt/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin subornāt-, subornāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin subornāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of subornāre suborn v. Compare earlier subornate adj., subornation n.
Now rare.
transitive. To induce or procure (a person) to commit a crime or misdeed; spec. to bribe or unlawfully procure (a person) to make accusations or give evidence against another; to suborn (a person). Also with infinitive.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [verb (transitive)] > bribe > to give false evidence
procure1433
subornate1537
suborn1538
subordinate1583
1537 Inst. Christen Man f. 6 Subornatynge false wytnesse.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxix The Frenche Kyng..caused a varlet to be subornated, in a cote armure of Fraunce.
?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages sig. A.ij So hath there risen a freshe, as muche admiration againe of a certaine booke, of late putte forthe by one Thomas Marten Doctor of Ciuill, subornated belike, God knoweth by whom, to iustifie the saied sore doynges.
?c1615 Chron. Kings of Scotl. (1830) 15 Being conwictit that he suld subbornat Carmonacus to murther the childrein.
1818 London Guide & Stranger's Safeguard 229 It remained..for us to contemplate the officers immediately employed in detection of offenders, actually subornating others, and assisting them in the commission of crime.
1851 Amer. Whig Rev. Mar. 284/2 The British Government..managed to circumvent, surround, navigate, bewilder, humbug, subornate, and by some means or other..use for its purposes the then Government in Washington.
1905 Washington Rep. 37 409 The defendant Evans had subornated him to commit such crime of perjury.
1933 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 41 38 Smythe was charged..with having subornated officials.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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