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Definition of Subserve
1. Verb. Be helpful or useful.
Definition of Subserve
1. v. t. To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.
2. v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.
Definition of Subserve
1. Verb. To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to. ¹
2. Verb. To assist in carrying out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subserve
1. to serve to promote [v -SERVED, -SERVING, -SERVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subserve
Literary usage of Subserve
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... the navigator and to subserve the interests of commerce. For purposes of
navigation they may embrace large areas, like one of the great oceans or seas, ..."
2. Publications by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
"... to the great principles of liberty, humanity, and justice; one who will honestly
endeavor to subserve the best interests of the state and the nation. ..."
3. Publications by Winfield J. Davis (1893)
"... to the great principles of liberty, humanity, and justice; one who will honestly
endeavor to subserve the best interests of the state and the nation. ..."
4. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt (1897)
"FOOD CONSTITUENTS AND THE PURPOSES THEY subserve IN NUTRITION. In infancy and
childhood, as in adult life, the elements of the food are five in number ..."