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subornare [CL] 1 to supply (in support). verbis utrimque ~atis ‥ negotium suspenditur J. Furness Walth. 80. 2 to disguise, (in quot., p. ppl. as adj.) false, pretended, apparent. b (w. in & acc.) to make to appear as. 1170 adhibete custodiam, ne sub larva aut quoquomodo ~atus evadat G. Foliot Ep. 214; 1197 adversitatis irruente procella ~ata simulatio dilectionis hypocrite apparens P. Blois Ep. 138. 409A; c1214 O. ‥ canonico vestro ‥ verum etiam non verum Eliseum, set ~atum, fictum, et fucatum ad scandala similia deformante Gir. Ep. 8 p. 264; c1214 non specie indirecta aut sequestracionis nomine ~ata vel alieno quovis fuco discolorata, set pocius directa specie Ib..  b sermo meus versuti viri prestigio ~atus erat in calumniam P. Blois Serm. 562D. 3 to induce (esp. by underhand means), suborn; b (to spec. act). regem ‥ ~ato sicario insidiis appetiverit W. Malm. GR I 18; juvenis ab abdito ~atus irruit et ‥ ad ‥ cor gladium premit Map NC III 3 f. 40v.  b solus ille venire non presumens ~avit aliquos qui pro se loquerentur W. Malm. GR II 175; adolescentulos ‥ ut contra cardinales de dialectica disputarent ~avit Ib. V 406; 1171 peregrinorum ‥ multitudinem ~abant ut ea que non noverant mentientes ‥ famam onerarent Ep. J. Sal. 307 (306); sunt testes ~ati qui pariter dictionis officio negociantur prave in judicio R. Niger Mil. IV 38. 4 to prepare (crime) secretly. si fraus ~atur, est sacrilegium W. Malm. Mir. Mariae 198; Hengestus ‥ fraude ~ata generum ad convivium ‥ invitat Id. GR I 8 (cf. Silgrave 12: fraude ‥ suborta).

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