Subserve
verb (used with object), subserved, subserving.
1.
to be useful or instrumental in promoting (a purpose, action, etc.):
Light exercise subserves digestion.
2.
Obsolete. to serve as a subordinate.
verb (transitive)
1.
to be helpful or useful to
2.
(obsolete) to be subordinate to
Read Also:
- Subservience
adjective 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. 3. useful in promoting a purpose or end. adjective 1. obsequious in behaviour or attitude 2. serving as a means to an end 3. a less common word for subordinate (sense 2)
- Subserviency
adjective 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. 3. useful in promoting a purpose or end. adjective 1. obsequious in behaviour or attitude 2. serving as a means to an end 3. a less common word for subordinate (sense 2)
- Subservient
adjective 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. 3. useful in promoting a purpose or end. adjective 1. obsequious in behaviour or attitude 2. serving as a means to an end 3. a less common word for subordinate (sense 2)
- Subserviently
adjective 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. 3. useful in promoting a purpose or end. adjective 1. obsequious in behaviour or attitude 2. serving as a means to an end 3. a less common word for subordinate (sense 2)
- Subsessile
adjective 1. Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem. 2. Zoology. permanently attached; not freely moving. adjective 1. (of flowers or leaves) having no stalk; growing directly from the stem 2. (of animals such as the barnacle) permanently attached to a substratum sessile […]