Sŭb'si-dīze, v. t.

verbtransitive

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