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subserve

sub·serve [ səb súrv ] (past and past participle sub·served, present participle sub·serv·ing, 3rd person present singular sub·serves)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
help to further something: to help to further, promote, or bring something about

[Early 17th century. < Latin subservire "serve under" < servire (see serve)]
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