adv. In a subsidiary manner; so as to assist. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. subsidiarius: cf. F. subsidiaire. See Subsidy. ]
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 ]
George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties. Ld. Mahon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
v. t.
He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of German mercenaries. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]