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Subserve

Subserve Meaning & Definition
Subserve Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Subserve?

[v] be helpful or useful

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See Also | aid | assist | help

Subserve In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub*serve"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subserving}.] [L. subservire; sub under + servire to serve. See {Serve}.] To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote. It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy. --Glanvill.
\Sub*serve"\, v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity. Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. --Milton.

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