subserv

v. i. To be subservient or subordinate; to serve in an inferior capacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not made to rule,
But to subserve where wisdom bears command. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. [ 1913 Webster ]

The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subserviens, -entis, p. pr. See Subserve. ] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]