stipendiate
stipendiate verb: to provide (someone) with a stipend, or salary; to pay, support or fund.
Verb
stipendiate (third-person singular simple present stipendiates, present participle stipendiating, simple past and past participle stipendiated)
- To provide (someone) with a stipend, or salary; to pay, support or fund.
- all the sciences are taught in the vulgar French by professors stipendiated by the greate Cardinal1644 September 17 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 8 September 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition...
- It is good to endow colleges, and to found chairs, and to ſtipendiate profeſſors;—but it may be a greater good to lower the duty upon paper, and upon tea, and upon bricks and timber.1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section II, page 14
- Synonyms:
- stipend
Synonyms of stipendiate
Forms of stipendiate
| third-person singular present | stipendiates |
|---|---|
| present participle | stipendiating |
| past participle | stipendiated |
| past | stipendiated |
Origin of stipendiate
From Latin stipendiatus, past participle of stipendiari (“to receive pay”).
Questions about stipendiate
- What does stipendiate mean?
- Stipendiate means to provide (someone) with a stipend, or salary; to pay, support or fund.
- What part of speech is stipendiate?
- Stipendiate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of stipendiate?
- The past tense of stipendiate is stipendiated.
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