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Etymology

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subvention +‎ -ize

Verb

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subventionize (third-person singular simple present subventionizes, present participle subventionizing, simple past and past participle subventionized)

  1. (transitive) To come to the aid of; to subsidize or support.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for subventionize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)