the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > be useful to [verb (transitive)] > perform (a useful service) (3)
transitive. To offer or render (service) to a person. Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To perform or carry out (a service, duty, etc.).
transitive. To deliver, convey, give (something non-material, esp. a message, greeting, etc.), (now) esp. to offer (compliments, regards, etc.)…