v. rare. [f. SUB- 24 + AID v.] trans. To give secret aid to. Hence Subaiding ppl. a.
1597. Daniel, Civ. Wars, VI. i. That tumultuous rout, Whom close sub-ayding power, and good successe, Had made vnwisely proud. Ibid. (1609), VIII. xlvii. To hold that Kingdome, from subayding such Who else could not subsist.
1630. R. N., trans. Camden’s Hist. Eliz., Introd. 5. For that hee [the French King] had subayded the Scots [orig. Scotis subsidia … submiserat] against the English.
