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1 εἰσπέμπω
A send in, , cf. Th.4.16;γράμματα πρὸς βασιλέα Id.1.137
; suborn agents, S.OT 705, And.2.4; ῥήτορας send them into court, instruct them, Pl.Euthd. 305b; τῷ μὴ καλῷ θάρρει τὸν κάλλιστον φόβον pit against.., Id.Lg. 671d.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > εἰσπέμπω
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2 κατασκευάζω
A (Athens, iv B.C.), IPE12.32B53 (Olbia, iii B.C.): [dialect] Dor. [tense] aor. - εσκεύαξα Ti. [dialect] Locr.94d, Test.Epict.1.14, alsoκατεσκέαξα Africa Italiana 1.330
([place name] Cyrene): [dialect] Boeot. [tense] aor. inf. (Tanagra, iii B.C.): [tense] pf.- εσκεύᾰκα D.42.30
: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. [ per.] 3sg. (Halic.): [dialect] Dor. [tense] aor. [voice] Med.- εσκευαξάμην Test.Epict.1.9
:—equip, furnish fully with.., [ πᾶσι] κ. τὸ πλοῖον with all appliances, D.18.194:—[voice] Med., τοὺς ἵππους Χαλκοῖς.. προβλήμασι κ. X.Cyr.6.1.51:—freq. in [voice] Pass., , cf. 2.44; κατασκευὴ Χρυσῶ τε καὶ ἀργύρω κατεσκ. Id.9.82;οἷς ἡ Χώρα κατεσκεύασται Th.6.91
.2 without dat., furnish, equip fully,τὴν Χώραν X.An.1.9.19
;κ. τινὰ ἐπὶ στρατιάν Id.Cyr.3.3.3
; [ ἐλέφαντας]κ. πρὸς τὴν πολεμικὴν Χρείαν OGI54.12
(Adule, iii B.C.):—[voice] Med., κ. τοὺς ὄνους having got his asses ready, Hdt.2.121.δ, etc.:—[voice] Pass., , cf. 8.24; ἔργα -ασμένα cultivated farms, Anaxag.4; of persons, to be under treatment, Phld. Lib.p.3 O., al.3 construct, build,γέφυραν Hdt.1.186
([voice] Pass.);διδασκαλεῖον Antipho 6.11
; ; ; ἱερὰ θυσίας τε αὑτοῖς κ. Id.Criti. 113c;ἐπιτείχισμ' ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν D. 18.71
: generally, prepare, arrange, establish,κ. δημοκρατίαν X.HG 2.3.36
;δύναμιν τῇ πόλει And.3.39
; ;ἰσότητα τῆς οὐσίας Id.Lg. 684d
, cf. Arist.Pol. 1265a39;ὀλιγαρχίαν Id.Ath. 37.1
;ναύτας D.50.36
; κ. τινὰς μελέτῃ train them, X.Cyr.8.1.43, etc.; turn out,πολιτικούς Phld.Rh.2.264
S., al.:—[voice] Med., κατασκευάζεσθαι ναυμαχίαν prepare it, make ready for it, v.l. for παρασκ- in Th.2.85; make for oneself, esp. build a house and furnish it, opp.ἀνασκευάζομαι Id.1.93
, 2.17; unpack, opp. ἀνασκ., X.Cyr.8.5.2;κ. ἐρημίαν αὑτῶ Pl.Lg. 730c
, etc.; κ. τ ράπεζαν set up a bank, Is.Fr.66; κατασκευάζομαι τέχνην μυρεψικήν I am setting up as a perfumer, Lys.Fr. 1.2; ; [ πρόσοδον] οὐ μικρὰν κατεσκευάσαντο made themselves a good [income], D.27.61, cf. And.4.11.4 of fraudulent transactions, fabricate, trump up,πρόφασιν X.Cyr.2.4.17
; ;λιποταξίου γραφὴν κατεσκεύασεν Id.21.103
, cf.92;Χρέα ψευδῆ Id.42.30
, cf.45.22 ([voice] Pass.); of persons, suborn,λογοποιούς Din.1.35
; set up,ἢ.. ἐπιτίθενται αὐτοὶ ἢ κατασκευάζουσιν ἕτερον Arist.Pol. 1306a1
; οἱ κατεσκευασμένοι τῶν Θετταλῶν men prepared for the purpose, D.18.151;κατεσκ. δανεισταί Id.42.28
: c. inf.,τὸν ἀνεψιὸν.. κατεσκεύασεν ἀμφισβητεῖν Id.55.1
.5 c. dupl. acc., make, render, [ φρούρια]κ. ὡς ἐχυρώτατα X.Cyr.2.4.17
; ἀριστερὰ δεξιῶν ἀσθενέστερα κ, Pl.Lg. 795a;φοβερὸν κ. τὸ αὐτόχειρα γενέσθαι D.20.158
; J.;κ. τινὰ τοιοῦτον.. Arist.Rh. 1380a2
(also with Adv., πρὸς ἑαυτὸν κ. εὖ τὸν ἀκροατήν render the audience favourably disposed towards oneself, 1419b11).6 represent as so and so, κ. τινὰς παροίνους, ὑβριστάς, ἀγνώμονας, D.54.14, cf. 45.82; εἰ μὴ Γοργίαν Νέστορά τινα κατασκευάζεις unless you make out a Gorgias to be Nestor, Pl.Phdr. 261c.7 in argument, maintain, prove, τῶν ἐν Εὐβοίᾳ πραγμάτων.. ὡς ἐγὼ αἴτιός εἰμι, κατεσκεύαζε tried to make out that.., D.21.110;κ. ὅτι.. Arr.Epict.3.15.14
, S.E.P.1.32; κ. τῶ λόγψ establish a proposition by reasoning, Damian.Opt.5;διὰ λόγου -σκευασθήσεται Phld. Sign.6
.8 in Logic, construct a positive argument, opp. ἀναιρέω, ἀνασκευάζω (of negative arguments), Arist.Rh. 1401b3, cf. Plu.2.1036b, etc.: Philos., κ. τῶν ἀριθμῶν ἰδέαν construct, postulate, Arist.EN 1096a19, cf. Metaph. 984b25, al.9 Geom., construct, Euc.5.7 ([voice] Pass.), Archim.Sph.Cyl.2.6 ([voice] Pass.); solve by a construction,πρόβλημα Papp. 54.25
.10 Rhet., frame,ὀνόματα D.H.Comp.16
; elaborate, ;λόγος κατεσκευασμένος Str. 1.2.6
.11 abs. in [voice] Med., prepare oneself or make ready for doing,ὡς πολεμήσοντες Th.2.7
;ὡς οἰκήσων X.An.3.2.24
;ὡς εἰς μάχην Paus. 5.21.14
.12 [voice] Pass., of disease, to become established,- σκευαζομένου τοῦ πάθους Gal.8.332
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3 παρασκευάζω
παρασκευάζω, [tense] fut.- άσω X.Cyr.1.6.18
(but [ per.] 3sg.- σκευᾷ Epicur. Nat.14.2
, [ per.] 2pl. (Cos, iv/iii B. C.)): [dialect] Ion. [ per.] 3pl. [tense] plpf. [voice] Pass.παρεσκευάδατο Hdt.7.218
, etc.: later sts.[full] παρασκεάζω, asπαρεσκεασμένων IPE12.32B12
(Olbia, iii B.C.):—A get ready, prepare,δεῖπνον Hdt.9.82
, Pherecr.172 ;στρατείαν Th.4.74
; ;πλοῖα Lys.13.26
; ἱππέας, ὅπλα, τριήρεις, X.Ages.1.24, Cyr.2.1.9, HG1.4.11 ; hold ready,τῆς θύρας παρεσκευασμένης Lys. 1.24
: κατασκευάζω is prop. fit out and prepare what one has, παρασκευάζω provide and prepare what one has not ; cf.κατασκευή 11
.2 provide, procure, contrive, ;τῇ νηῒ οἶνον καὶ ἄλφιτα Th.3.49
;πᾶσαν ἡμῖν εὐδαιμονίαν Pl. Smp. 188d
, etc. ; ὀργὰς τοῖς ἀκούουσι κατά τινων π. Lys.1.28 : in bad sense, get up,ἀντίδοσιν ἐπί τινα D.28.17
; v. infr. B. 1.2.3 make or render so and so, with part. or Adj., π. τὰ σώματα ἄριστα ἔχοντας, π. τινὰς ὅτι βελτίστους, X.Cyr.1.6.18, 5.2.19 ; τοὺς θεοὺς ἵλεως αὑτῷ π. Pl.Lg. 803e ; τοὺς κριτὰς τοιούτους π. Arist.Rh. 1387b17, cf. 1380b31 : c. inf., accustom, τὸ στράτευμα παρεσκευακέναι ὡς πόνον μηδένα ἀποκάμνειν accustom it not to.., X.HG7.5.19, cf. Eq.2.3 ;π. τὸν βίον αὑτῷ μηδὲν δεῖσθαί τινος Pl.R. 405c
;π. τινὰς τὴν τιμὴν ἀποδιδόναι PFlor.347.2
(V A. D.) ;π. ὅπως ὡς βέλτισται ἔσονται αἱ ψυχαί Pl.Grg. 503a
, cf. Ap. 39d ;π. τινῶν τὰς γνώμας, ὡς ἰτέον εἴη X.Cyr.2.1.21
;δεῖ παρασκευάσαι τὸν ἀκροατὴν ἐν τῷ προοιμίῳ D.H.Rh.10.13
.B [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass. :I in proper sense of [voice] Med., get ready or prepare for oneself,ὅπλα ἐς τὰς γεφύρας Hdt.7.25
; π. τὰ πολέμια, ναυτικόν, στρατείαν, Th.1.18, 2.80, 4.70 ἑκατὸν νεῶν ἐπίπλουν τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ π. Id.2.56 ; τὸν γὰρ τοῦ πράττειν χρόνον εἰς τὸ παρασκευάζεσθαι ἀναλίσκομεν in preparation, D.4.37 ; τοῖον παλαιστὴν νῦν π. ἐπ' αὐτὸς αὑτῷ is preparing such an adversary for himself, A.Pr. 920.2 in Oratt., procure, suborn persons as witnesses, partisans, etc., so as to obtain a verdict by fraud or force (cf.παρασκευή 1.3
) ;π. τοὺς συκοφάντας And.1.105
;ῥήτορας παρασκευασάμενοι Is.1.7
; ψευδεῖς λόγους ib.17 ;μάρτυρας ψευδεῖς παρεσκεύασται D.29.28
; π. τινὰς τῶν δημοτῶν bring them over to one's side, Id.44.39 : abs., form a party, intrigue, Is.10.1, D.27.2 :—so in [voice] Act., X.HG1.7.8, Is.8.3 ; παρασκευάζειν τινὶ δικαστήριον pack a jury to try him, Lys.13.12:—[voice] Pass., ὑπὸ σοῦ παρεσκευάσθη was 'squared' by you, D.20.145.II [voice] Med. also abs., prepare oneself, make preparations,τῷ ναυτικῷ.. παρασκευασαμένῳ Th. 2.80
;παρασκευασάμενος μεγάλως Hdt. 9.15
;παρασκευάσασθαι ὥστε ἀμύνασθαι X.An.7.3.35
: in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf. it may be regarded either as [voice] Pass. or [voice] Med., D.18.19, etc. ; π. ἐς ναυμαχίην, μάχην, Hdt.9.96,99 ;π. πρός τι Th.3.69
, etc. ; στρατεύεσθαι π. Hdt. 1.71, cf. A.Ag. 353, Ar.Av. 227 : c. [tense] fut. inf., X.Cyr.7.5.12.2 freq. folld. by ὡς with [tense] fut. part.,παρεσκευάσαντο ὡς πολιορκησόμενοι Hdt. 5.34
;π. ὡς ἐλῶν Id.2.162
, cf. 9.122 ; π. ὡς ναυμαχήσοντες (expressed just above by ὡς ἐπὶ ναυμαχίαν) Th.4.13 ; ὡς προσβαλοῦντες ib.8 ;π. ὡς μάχης ἐσομένης X.HG4.2.18
, cf. Cyr.3.2.8 : c. [tense] fut. part. withoutὡς, τέχνῃ παρεσκευάζετο ἐπιθησόμενος Th.5.8
, cf. 6.54, 7.17, X.HG4.1.41 ; alsoπ. ὅπως ἐσβαλοῦσιν ἐς τὴν Μακεδονίαν Th.2.99
, cf. Pl. Tht. 183d.3 in [tense] pf. παρεσκεύασμαι, to be ready, prepared,κάρτα εὖ παρεσκευασμένοι Hdt.3.150
; τράπεζαι.. παρεσκ. Ar.Ec. 839 ; λῃστρικώτερον π. equipped in pirate fashion, Th.6.104 ;παρεσκ. ἔρχομαι ἐπὶ τὸν λόγον Pl.Phd. 91b
;εὖ παρεσκ. καὶ τὰς ψυχὰς καὶ τὰ σώματα X.Oec.5.13
; ἐς τὴν πολιορκίην παρεσκευάδατο v.l. in Hdt.3.150 ;παρεσκευάδατο ὡς ἀπολεόμενοι Id.7.218
;ταῖς ψυχαῖς παρεσκευας μένους ὡς χεῖρας ξυμμείξοντας X.Cyr.2.1.11
: folld. by ὥστε c. inf., ;παρεσκευάσθαι ὡς ἱκανοὶ εἶναι X.Cyr.4.2.13
: c. inf. only,δρᾶν παρεσκευασμένος A.Th. 440
, E.Heracl. 691, cf. A.Ag. 1422, Ar.Nu. 607, etc.: so in [tense] aor.,ὥστε ἂν.. παρασκευασθῶσιν οὕτως ἔχειν Arist.Rh. 1388a26
.4 [voice] Med., = exonerare alvum, LXX 1 Ki. 24.4.III παρεσκευάσθαι τι to be prepared or provided with a thing, ;π. λαμπρὸν ἱμάτιον Thphr.Char.21.11
.IV in [voice] Pass., of things, to be got ready, prepared, ἐπειδὴ παρεσκεύαστο when preparations had been made, Th.4.67 ; ; in Hdt.9.100, for ὡς παρεσκευάδατο τοῖσι Ἕλλησι, Reiske proposed παρεσκεύαστο.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > παρασκευάζω
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4 ὑποβάλλω
A throw, put, or lay under, as cloths, carpets, and the like ,ὑπένερθε δὲ λῖθ' ὑπέβαλλεν Od.10.353
; κάτω μὲν ὑποβαλεῖτε τῶν Μιλησίων ἐρίων carpets of Milesian wool, Eub.90.2, cf. X.Cyr.5.5.7;ὑ. πλευροῖς πλευρά E.Or. 223
, etc.;ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ὑ. τι X.Oec.18.5
;ὑ. ταῖς μασχάλαις τὰς χεῖρας Sor.2.59
; ὑ. αἶγας τοῖς τράγοις, of breeders, Longus 3.29;ὑ. τοῖς ξίφεσι τὰς σφαγάς Plu.Brut.31
; ὑ. τινὰς τοῖς θηρίοις throw them under the elephants' feet, Plb.1.82.2; ὑ. τοὺς δακτύλους, of a flute-player, put down, Luc.Harm.1; ὑ. [φάρμακον] ὑπὸ τὰ βλέφαρα insert under the eyelids, Sever. ap. Aët.7.32; τοῖς φορείοις τῶν γυναικῶν ὑ. τὰ ὄμματα cast furtive glances at, Plu.2.522a, cf. Eust.1406.36:—[voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., place under oneself or have placed under one,λυκοφάνους ὑποβάλλεσθαι Plu.2.237b
;πορφυρίδας ὑποβεβλημένοι Luc.Symp.13
.2 lay under, as a beginning, foundation, Aeschin.1.24 (cj. Reiske for ὑπολαβών):—in [voice] Med.,θεμέλιον ὑ. τυραννίδος Plb.13.6.2
; ὁ πρῶτος ὑποβεβλημένος the first founder, Str.12.3.30.3 subject, submit,ἐχθροῖς ἐμαυτόν E.HF 1384
, cf. Aeschin.3.90;ὑπὸ τοσαύτας συμφορὰς σφᾶς αὐτούς Isoc.8.113
.II [voice] Med., bring in another's child as one's own, Hdt.5.41, Ar.Th. 340, 407, 565, Pl.R. 538a, D.21.149, etc.; or palm off one's own child as another's,ἡ ὑποβεβλημένη τὸν αὑτῆς υἱόν Arist.Rh. 1400a24
:—[voice] Pass., τῶν ὑποβαλλομένων (sc. παίδων) Id.Rh.Al. 1421a29:—the origin of this phrase is plain from the words of E., , cf. Supp. 1160 (lyr.), X.Cyn.7.3; v. ὑποβολιμαῖος.2 [voice] Med., of a drama, [Εὐριπίδης] τὸ δρᾶμα (sc. Μήδειαν)δοκεῖ ὑποβαλέσθαι Arist.Fr. 635
: metaph., ὑποβαλλόμενοι κλέπτουσι μύθους with false suggestions they spread secret rumours, S.Aj. 188 (lyr.); cf. Isoc.15.21 and v. ὑπόβλητος.3 suborn, Act.Ap.6.11:—[voice] Pass., of an informer, App. BC1.74.III suggest, whisper, as a prompter does,ἑσταότος μὲν καλὸν ἀκούειν, οὐδὲ ἔοικεν ὑββάλλειν Il.19.80
(where Sch.B expl. it to interrupt);ὑποβαλεῖν δυνήσεσθε, ἤν τι ἐπιλανθάνωνται X.Cyr.3.3.55
, cf. Pl.Grg. 491a, D.21.204, Aeschin.3.48; ὑ. ὁ νόμος ἃ χρὴ γράφειν ib.22;ἐγώ σοι λόγον ὑποβαλῶ καλόν Id.1.121
;ὑ. παιδὶ λόγον
dictate,Isoc.
12.231, cf. 5.149; ὑ. ὀνόματα, of an informer, Lys.13.25;τὸν -οντα τῇ Πυθίᾳ τοὺς χρησμούς Plu.2.404b
;τὰς ἀνειμένας [ἁρμονίας] ἡ φύσις ὑ. τοῖς τοιούτοις Arist.Pol. 1342b22
;ταῦτα ἡ αἴσθησις ὑ. Epicur.Ep.2p.39U.
; so, provoke, produce, ib.1p.29U., etc.: cf.ὑποβλήδην 1.1
,ὑποβολή 1.3
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5 ὑφίημι
A let down, lower,ἱστόν Il.1.434
, h.Ap. 504, cf. Poll.1.107; ὑ. τὸ ἱστίον lower sail, Sch.S.El. 335 (v. infr. 111); ὑ. τὰς ῥάβδους, of lictors, Plu.Pomp.19.2 put under,ὑπὸ δὲ θρῆνυν ποσὶν ἥσει Il.14.240
, cf. Od.19.57;ὑφείσθωσαν ὑπὸ τοὺς βρόχους X.Cyn.10.2
; put a young one under its dam, put it to suck,ὑπ' ἔμβρυον ἧκεν ἑκάστῃ Od.9.245
, 309; ὑφίητι ([dialect] Dor.)τὰ μοσχία Theoc.4.4
:—but in [voice] Med., μαστοῖς ὑφεῖτο put it to her own breasts, to suckle it, E.Ph.31.b put female to male, Palaeph.39.3 ὑ. τινά engage any one secretly, prepare him to play a part, suborn,ὑφεὶς μάγον τοιόνδε S.OT 387
, cf. Pl.Ax. 368e: hence in [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass., ὡς ἔχιδν' ὑφειμένη like a snake lurking, S.Ant. 531: alsoἐνέδρας πολλὰς ὑφείς Plu.Pyrrh.30
, cf. Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. ὑφέντες; ἐνσχεθεὶς ταῖς πάγαις ἂς ἄλλοις ὑφῆκε Ael.Fr.22;δέλεαρ αὐτῷ δέκα σπείρας ὑφῆκεν Plu. Pomp.20
, cf. Per.13.II intr., slacken, relax, or abate from a thing, c. gen.,ὑπεὶς τῆς ὀργῆς Hdt.1.156
;τῆς ἀγνωμοσύνης Id.9.4
, cf. E. Ion 847;πολὺ τῆς ὁρμῆς ὑφεικώς D.Chr.11.95
: abs., give in, abate,οὐδὲν ὑπιέντες Hdt.7.162
:—[voice] Med.,ὑπίεσθαι τῆς ὀργῆς Id.2.121
.δ; ὕφεσθε τοῦ τόνου Ar.V. 337
;τοῦ μέγα φρονεῖν X.Cyr.7.5.62
;τῆς δυνάμεως μηδέν Id.Mem.4.3.17
; of things, [τὸ ὕδωρ] ὑπίεται τοῦ ψυχροῦ abates from.., Hdt.4.181;οὐ πόνων ὑ. X.Ages.7.1
; τοῦ στόματός γε ὑ. I give way as to it, Id.Smp.5.7: yield, give way, D.H. 8.84;τοῖς πολεμίοις Id.Cyr.5.2.12
; φρονήματος οὐδενὶ.. ὑφιέμενος inferior to none in spirit, Plu.Cat.Mi.1, cf. Id.2.54c;ὑ. τῆς ἐμπειρίας Jul.Or.2.53d
;ὑ. τινὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ Luc.Luct. 2
; give up,τῶν ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς προσόδων Jul.Or.1.19c
: c. dat. et inf.,οὐδενὶ ὑφείμην ἂν ἥδιον ἐμοῦ βεβιωκέναι X.Mem.4.8.6
, cf. HG7.4.9, Oec.12.14.III [voice] Med. and [voice] Pass., lower one's sails (v. supr. 1.1), Archil. (?) in PLit.Lond.54, Ar.Ra. 1220: mostly in [tense] pf. part., ἐν κακοῖς μοι πλεῖν ὑφειμένῃ δοκεῖ to run with lowered sails, i. e. to lower one's tone, S.El. 335; soὑφειμένοις πλέων ἱστίοις καὶ ταπεινοῖς Plu.Luc.3
: metaph.,τῆς φωνῆς ὑφειμένης ἐπαρθείσης δὲ μή Phld.Rh.1.199S.
, cf. Philostr.Im.1.22, Aristaenet.1.3; diminution,Thphr.
CP6.14.12; μισθῶν ὑφειμένων at reduced wages, PTeb.5.251 (ii B. C.); ὑφειμένα χρώματα pale colours, Steph. in Gal.1.250 D.: c. gen., to descend lower in the scale than, be inferior to,Procl.
Inst.18, Dam.Pr.34: abs.,- ειμένος Plot.6.4.11
, Procl.Inst.24, al.2 σῴζω νεοσσοὺς ὄρνις ὢς ὑφειμένη like a cowering hen,—or perh. with my nestlings under me, E.HF72.3 submit, X.An.3.1.17, 3.2.3, al.: c. inf., κατθανεῖν ὑφειμένη submissively prepared to die, E.Alc. 524. -
6 ὑποβάλλω
ὑποβάλλω 2 aor. ὑπέβαλον (Hom.+ in various senses) instigate (secretly), suborn (Da 3:9 Theod. v.l.; TestSim 3:3; Just., D. 49, 4 [w. dat.]; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1, 74 §341 ὑπεβλήθησαν κατήγοροι;—ὑπόβλητος=‘secretly instigated’ Jos., Bell. 5, 439) τινά someone Ac 6:11; MPol 17:2a. ταῦτα ὑποβαλλόντων Ἰουδαίων (they said) this because the Judeans instigated them 17:2b.—M-M.
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suborn — sub·orn /sə bȯrn/ vt [Latin subornare, from sub secretly + ornare to prepare, equip] 1: to induce or procure to commit an unlawful act and esp. perjury an attempt to suborn a witness 2: to induce (perjury) or obtain (perjured testimony) from a… … Law dictionary
Suborn — Sub*orn , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suborned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suborning}.] [F. suborner, L. subornare; sub under, secretly + ornare to furnish, provide, equip, adorn. See {Ornament}.] 1. (Law) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suborn — (v.) to procure by bribery, to lure (someone) to commit a crime, 1520s (implied in subornation), from M.Fr. suborner (13c.), from L. subornare suborn, originally equip, from sub under, secretly (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + ornare equip, related to ordo … Etymology dictionary
suborn — [sə bôrn′] vt. [L subornare, to furnish or supply, instigate, incite secretly < sub , under + ornare, to furnish, adorn: see ORNAMENT] 1. to get or bring about through bribery or other illegal methods 2. to induce or instigate (another) to do… … English World dictionary
suborn — UK [səˈbɔː(r)n] / US [səˈbɔrn] verb [transitive] Word forms suborn : present tense I/you/we/they suborn he/she/it suborns present participle suborning past tense suborned past participle suborned legal to persuade someone to do something illegal … English dictionary
suborn — sub|orn [səˈbo:n US ˈbo:rn] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: suborner, from Latin subornare, from sub secretly + ornare to provide with things ] law to persuade someone to tell lies in a court of law or to do something else that is… … Dictionary of contemporary English
suborn — /səˈbɔn / (say suh bawn) verb (t) to bribe or procure (a person) to commit some unlawful or wrongful act, usually perjury: *if he persisted, he would be charged with attempting to suborn a police officer from the path of duty. –frank hardy, 1963 …
suborn — transitive verb Etymology: Middle French suborner, from Latin subornare, from sub secretly + ornare to furnish, equip more at ornate Date: 1534 1. to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing 2. to induce to commit perjury; also to obtain (perjured … New Collegiate Dictionary
suborn — subornation /sub awr nay sheuhn/, n. subornative /seuh bawr neuh tiv/, adj. suborner, n. /seuh bawrn /, v.t. 1. to bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime. 2. Law. a. to induce (a person … Universalium
suborn — verb To induce someone to commit an unlawful or malicious act, or to commit perjury … Wiktionary
suborn — su|born Mot Agut Nom masculí … Diccionari Català-Català