v. Now rare or Obs. [f. L. stīpendiāt-, ppl. stem of stīpendiārī: see STIPEND v.] trans. To pay a stipend to.
1656. Harrington, Oceana, 82. The Emperours must long before this have found out some other way of support; and this was by Stipendiating the Gothes. Ibid. (a. 1677), Syst. Politics, Oceana etc. (1700), 507. A Clergy not well stipendiated is to absolute Monarchy or to Democracy as great an Infamy.
a. 1700. Evelyn, Diary, 14 Sept. 1644. All the sciences are taught in the vulgar French by Professors stipendiated by the greate Cardinal.
1860. I. Taylor, Ultimate Civiliz., 14. It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs and to stipendiate professors.
