subventv.
/səbˈvɛnt/, U.S. /səbˈvɛnt/ 1. transitive. To come to the aid of; to help. rare.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > aid, help, or assist [verb (transitive)] > come to the help of
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a1630 S. Page Godly Expos. Lords Prayer (1631) 26 That none but the preseruer of man, can either preuent the euill that we feare, or subuent vs in the euill wee feele.
1942 Times 27 July 5/5 The prayer of the boarding school is ‘Subvent us in all our doings’, and they claim for all their works a divine superiority.
2. transitive. To fund or support (an enterprise, institution, etc.) by the provision of a subvention (subvention n. 3a).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > support by payment [verb (transitive)]
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1848 G. P. R. James Gowrie xxvii. 235 We propose to hold a council of our peers, to lay before them the necessities of the state, which can only be subvented by the devising of some new tax or subsidy from our faithful people.
1866 Let. Secretary of State Commerc. Relations U.S in Executive Documents U.S. House of Representatives (39th Congress,1st Sess.) No. 56. 463 The establishment of regular lines of steamships by French, Austrian, and Russian companies, subvented by their respective governments.
1921 Discovery Nov. 293/1 The excavations authorised and subvented by the French Government began in 1880.
1965 New Statesman 23 Apr. 646/1 The only question is, should the taxpayer continue to subvent it?
2009 S. L. Shevitz & M. Gribetz in J. Wertheimer Learning & Community ii. 76 Subvent the costs of conferences and events such as Limmud.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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