Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUB-ORN', v.t. [Fr. suborner; It. subornare; Sp. subornar; L. suborno; sub and orno. The sense of orno, in this word, and the primary sense, is to put on, to furnish. Hence suborno, to furnish privately, that is, to bribe.]

1. In law, to procure a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. – Blackstone.
2. To procure privately or by collusion. Or else thou art suborn'd against his honor. – Shak.
3. To procure by indirect means. Those who by despair suborn their death. – Dryden.