different between subside vs slacken

English

Etymology

Latin subs?d? (“I settle, subside”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?sa?d/, /s?b?sa?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

subside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)

1. (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. (intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3. (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
4. (intransitive, colloquial) To cease talking.

Related terms

• subsidize
• subsidy

Translations

See also

• subsist
• subsidence

Anagrams

• Subedis

French

Etymology

From Latin subsidium, from subsidere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.sid/

Noun

subside m (plural subsides)

1. contribution, tax

   Le produit de taxes si mal réparties avait des limites, et les besoins des princes n'en avaient plus. Cependant ils ne voulaient ni convoquer les États pour en obtenir des subsides, ni provoquer la noblesse, en l'imposant, à réclamer la convocation de ces assemblées. (Tocqueville, Ancien Régime et Révolution, 1856)

2. subsidy, pension, monetary help

   Max Jacob vit en effet pauvrement, sans cependant manquer de rien, à cause de certaines relations qu'il a, par exemple, Poiret, dont il est vrai qu'il reçoit quelques subsides. (Léautaud, Journal littéraire, 3, 1916)

Further reading

• “subside” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

subs?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subs?d?

Old French

Alternative forms

• subcide
• subscide
• subsidie
• succide

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subsidium.

Noun

subside m or f

1. subsidy (financial assistance)
2. tax; taxation

Descendants

• English: subsidy
• French: subside

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (subside, supplement)
• subside on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Portuguese

Verb

subside

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of subsidar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of subsidar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of subsidar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of subsidar

English

Etymology

From Middle English slakenen, equivalent to slack +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?slæ.k?n/
• Rhymes: -æk?n

Verb

slacken (third-person singular simple present slackens, present participle slackening, simple past and past participle slackened)

1. (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.

   The pace slackened.

   • 1908, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows:

     He seemed tired, and the Rat let him rest unquestioned, understanding something of what was in his thoughts; knowing, too, the value all animals attach at times to mere silent companionship, when the weary muscles slacken and the mind marks time.

2. (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I:

     During this interlude, Warwick, though he had slackened his pace measurably, had so nearly closed the gap between himself and them as to hear the old woman say, with the dulcet negro intonation: […]

   • 1986, Mari Sandoz, The Horsecatcher:

     Elk slackened the rope so he could walk farther away, and together they went awkwardly up the trail toward the grassy little flat...

3. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

   to slacken lime

Related terms

• slack
• slacker

Translations

Anagrams

• cankles, snackle