subserve means to be subservient to. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
subserve is pronounced /səbˈsɜːv/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subservire; by surface analysis, sub- + serve.
verb
- To be subservient to.“Ah, if only he had asked her to subserve him, to be his slave!”
- To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.“Calculating by spherical trigonometry, and assuming the same obliquity, I obtain 3 dundas and 40 pulas for the ascensional arc, giving a difference in time of 3 pulas, or about one of our minutes; an error so small, that even were the Indian astronomer aware of its existence he would disregard it, satisfied that the practical purposes which his labours subserve, are, notwithstanding, carried out w”
- To assist in carrying out.“'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.”