subvention

[Lat. subventio, from subven tum, sup. of subvenio to subvene (q. v.).] *1. The act of coming under. "The manner in which our Savior is said to have been carried up, was by a subvention of a cloud which raised him from the ground."-Stack house: History of the Bible . *2. The act of coming to relief, aid, or support. 3. A government grant or aid; pecuniary aid granted; as, a government subvention in aid of local taxation. sub-ven-tion, v. t. [SUBVENTION, 8.] To sub vent ionize (q. v.). "The new German subventioned steamship lines."London Echo. sub-ven-tion-ize, v. t. [Eng. subvention; -ize.] To grant a subvention to; to support by a subvention; to subsidize. "The managers of subvention i zed theaters."-London Daily Telegraph. sub-věn-ti-tious, adj. [SUBVENTION, 8.] Sup porting. "Grant them any sub vent it i ous furtherance."-Urquhart: Rabelais, bk. iii., ch. xxxiii. *sub-verse', v. t. [Latin sub versus , pa. par. of subverto =to overturn, to subvert (q. v.).] To subvert, to overthrow. "Empires subversed when ruling fate has struck The unalterable hour; even Nature's self Is deemed to totter." Thomson: Autumn , 1,129.