Definition of Subserve. Meaning of Subserve. Synonyms of Subserve

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Definition of Subserve

Subserve
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.
Subserve
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.

Meaning of Subserve from wikipedia

- "bringing about an equitable distribution of land in urban agglomerations to subserve the common good." In a real world scenario, monopoly of land can take place...
- means of progress, but who accept her only so far as they think she will subserve their own selfish interests, denying her and her blessings to the rest...
- nerves, splitting, combining and recombining, to form the nerves that subserve the upper-limb and upper back. Although the brachial plexus may appear...
- very grave diseases, in which that portion of the nervous system which subserves to the feeling of bodily well-being,—termed, in psychological phrase,...
- CJ, Gamo NJ, Jin LE, Mazer JA, et al. (February 2013). "NMDA receptors subserve persistent neuronal firing during working memory in dorsolateral prefrontal...
- of his health and the discovery of all the arts, and that knowledge to subserve these ends must necessarily be deduced from first causes; so that in order...
- limit of about 0.6 cycles per degree. Dacey et al. propose that the giants subserve the subconscious, 'non-image-forming' functions of circadian photoentrainment...
- theory of mind in autism led to the view that mentalizing abilities are subserved by dedicated mechanisms that can—in some cases—be impaired while general...
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- means of progress, but who accept her only so far as they think she will subserve their own selfish interests, denying her and her blessings to the rest...