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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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