different between subservient vs subserve
subservient
English
Etymology
From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
subservient (comparative more subservient, superlative most subservient)
- Useful in an inferior capacity.
- Obsequiously submissive.
Translations
See also
- obedient
- subordinate
Latin
Verb
subservient
- third-person plural future active indicative of subservi?
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subserve
English
Etymology
From Latin subservire.
Verb
subserve (third-person singular simple present subserves, present participle subserving, simple past and past participle subserved)
- To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.
- To assist in carrying out.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
- '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.
- 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica
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- subservient
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- subverse
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