SUBSERVE

subserve

(verb) be helpful or useful

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

subserve (third-person singular simple present subserves, present participle subserving, simple past and past participle subserved)

To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.

To assist in carrying out.

Anagrams

• subverse

Source: Wiktionary

Sub*serve", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Subserving.] Etym: [L. subservire; sub under + servire to serve. See Serve.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity. Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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