Persons who in their several subordinations would be obliged to
follow the example of their superiors.
Swift.
Sub*or"di*na*tive (?), a. Tending to subordinate; expressing
subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a
subordinative conjunction.
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 perjury, such oath being
actually taken. Sir W. O. Russell.
2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means;
to incite secretly; to instigate.
Thou art suborned against his honor.
Shak.
Those who by despair suborn their death.
Dryden.
Sub`or*na"tion (?), n. [F. subornation.] 1. (Law) The act of suborning;
the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as
constitutes perjury. Blackstone.
2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action,
as by bribes or persuasion.
Foul subornation is predominant.
Shak.
The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the
Leibnitz controversy.
De Quinsey.
Sub*orn"er (?), n. One who suborns or procures another to take, a false
oath; one who procures another to do a bad action.
Sub*o"val (?), a. Somewhat oval; nearly oval.
Sub*o"vate (?), a. Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of
an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.