v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Subsided; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsiding. ] [ L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See Sit. ] 1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. “Heaven's subsiding hill.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided. “In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside.” C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Abate. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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 ]

n.; pl. Subsidies [ L. subsidium the troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem reserve, support, help, fr. subsidere to sit down, lie in wait: cf. F. subside. See Subside. ] 1. Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power. [ 1913 Webster ]

They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Subsidies were taxes, not immediately on on property, but on persons in respect of their reputed estates, after the nominal rate of 4s. the pound for lands, and 2s. 8d. for goods. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Tribute; grant. -- Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a tribute is exacted. [ 1913 Webster ]