Subserve /(?)/

Sub·serve

Subserve

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Subserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Subserving

  1. To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.
    It is a great credit to know the ways of captivating Nature, and making her subserve our purposes, than to have learned all the intrigues of policy.

Subserve

v. i.
  1. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity.
    Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.