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subserving |
1 definition 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.
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