Subserve

Sub*serve"

, v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.
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Not made to rule,
But to subserve where wisdom bears command.
Milton.
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Sub*serv"i*ence

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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.
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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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