Subserve
Sub*serve"
, v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.[1913 Webster]
Not made to rule,Milton.
But to subserve where wisdom bears command.
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Sub*serv"i*ence
(?),Sub*serv"i*en*cy
(?), } n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.[1913 Webster]
The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions.Bentley.
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There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends.Cheyne.
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