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Definitions for subserve
səbˈsɜrvsub·serve
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Princeton's WordNet
subserveverb
be helpful or useful
Wiktionary
subserveverb
To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.
subserveverb
To assist in carrying out.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To SUBSERVEverb
To serve in subordination; to serve instrumentally.
Etymology: subservio, Latin.
Not made to rule,
But to subserve where wisdom bears command. John Milton.It is a greater credit to know the ways of captivating nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy. Joseph Glanvill.
The memory hath no special part of the brain devoted to its own service, but uses all those parrs which subserve our sensations, as well as our thinking powers. William Walsh.
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subserve
Subserve generally means to be helpful, useful, or promote an aim or purpose. It can also refer to the act of serving or working under someone or something.
Webster Dictionary
Subserveverb
to serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote
Subserveverb
to be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity
Etymology: [L. subservire; sub under + servire to serve. See Serve.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Subserve
sub-sėrv′, v.t. to serve subordinately or instrumentally: to help forward.—ns. Subser′vience, Subser′viency, state of being subservient: anything that promotes some purpose.—adj. Subser′vient, subserving: serving to promote: subject: submissive.—adv. Subser′viently. [L. subservīre—sub, under, servīre, to serve.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of subserve in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of subserve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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