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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pension \Pen"sion\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Pensioned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pensioning}.] To grant a pension to; to pay a regular stipend to; in consideration of service already performed; -- sometimes followed by off; as, to pension off a servant.
One knighted Blackmore, and one pensioned Quarles. --Pope.
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