\Sub"si*dize\, 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.
      He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a
      large body of German mercenaries.        --Prescott.