Dictionary entry

Pension (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pen″sion, v. t. [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.