† subˈaid, v. rare.
[f. sub- 25 + aid v.]
trans. To give secret aid to. Hence subˈaiding ppl. a.
| 1597 Daniel Civ. Wars vi. i, That tumultuous rout, Whom close sub-ayding power, and good successe, Had made vn⁓wisely proud. 1609 Ibid. viii. xlvii, To hold that Kingdome, from subayding such Who else could not subsist. 1630 R. N. tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. Introd. 5 For that hee [the French King] had subayded the Scots [orig. Scotis subsidia..submiserat] against the English. |