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subserve


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subserve  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Subserve  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  subserve 
  v  :  be  helpful  or  useful 




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