subsid

{ } n. [ L. subsidens, -entis, p. pr. of subsidere. See Subside. ] The act or process of subsiding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The subdual or subsidence of the more violent passions. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy. ] 1. Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary. Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally. [ 1913 Webster ]

George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. Ld. Mahon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Subsidiaries One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Subsidized p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing ] [ From Subsidy. ] To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line. [ 1913 Webster ]

He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of German mercenaries. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]