Subserve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /səbˈsɜːv/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Subserve is a verb meaning To be subservient to.
Meaning
To be subservient to.
More Meanings
- To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.
- To assist in carrying out.
Example Sentences
Ah, if only he had asked her to subserve him, to be his slave!
Their principles will cease to be dear to them, whenever they shall cease to subserve the purposes of good order.
'Tis a greater credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learnt all the intrigues of policy.
'[…] Human laws we respect—ha, ha!—you and I, because they subserve our convenience, and just so long. When they tend to our destruction, 'tis, of course, another thing.'
Word Forms
- subserves
- subserving
- subserved
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include serve, inserve, outserve, deserve, service, avail.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.