verb (used with object), sub·served, sub·serv·ing.
1.
to be useful or instrumental in promoting (a purpose, action, etc.): Light exercise subserves digestion.
2.
Obsolete. to serve as a subordinate.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to be helpful or useful to |
| 2. | obsolete to be subordinate to |
| [C17: from Latin subservīre to be subject to, from | |
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