subservev.

Brit.

/səbˈsəːv/, U.S.

/səbˈsərv/

Forms: late Middle English 1600s subserue, late Middle English 1600s– subserve.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subservīre.

Etymology: < classical Latin subservīre to behave as a servant (to), wait (on), to lend support (to) < sub- sub- prefix + servīre serve v.¹

1. intransitive. To be subservient to (also †unto); to hold a subordinate place or role.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)]

hearc893

understand?a1200

subservec1443

subjectc1475

acquiesce1660

truck1665

truckle1667

to be at the beck and call of1869

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [verb (intransitive)] > be subservient to

subservec1443

c1443 [implied in: R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 110 (MED) In ful greet sijknes whanne þe sensual inward and outward wittis ben not hurtid in her instrumentis neiþer troublid in her subserving to resoun wiþ stronge and inaccordyng humoris or distemperat qualitees, þe resoun haþ more fre vss in resonyng þan he haþ in tyme of helþe. (at subserving n.)].

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 87 Oþire powers of þe soule subseruing or vndirseruing to oure witt and to oure wil, which goodis ben sciencis, craftys, housis, cloþis..fauouris and fames.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §8. 186 Arts belonging to all these; and yet all of them subseruing vnto the Art of Riding.

1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 10 All creatures shall subserve to that composition of which God is a part.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 9 The manner of our disquisitions..is irregular... When we..make that subservient which should be ultimate, and that ultimate which should subserve.

1700 G. Granville Let. 28 May in A. Pope Lit. Corr. (1737) V. 36 A Man's Name often subserves to his public Reception, without regard to his Performance.

1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 317 It subserves..to the Trade of this Place.

1820 L. Hunt Indicator 29 Mar. 193 Merely subserving to the worst taste of the times.

1860 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels v. 263 The historical framework of their writings subserved to a doctrinal development.

1914 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1913 541 This indicates not necessarily a superior brain, but rather one subserving to largely developed organs and powerful musculature.

1983 L. E. Trakman Law Merchant Introd. 2 In regulating transregional trade local influences subserved to the demands of the cosmopolitan trader.

2004 V. Ianko Promise at Sea 236 The stallion pretended that he did not see me. Maybe he was embarrassed when I saw him subserving to other people.

a. intransitive. To act in a subordinate position.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] > act in subordinate position

subserve1642

answer1913

1642 Humble Remonstrance in True & Orig. Copy First Petition They have been ready out of their..sence of their duty to to [sic] this Honourable Assembly, upon all occasions to contribute subserve, and lay out themselves in all those wayes.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 57 Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.

1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 533 Old engagements out he blots For aye: Taurello shall no more subserve.

1914 Educ. Rev. Jan. 84 Philosophically speaking, all teachers are powerless, they merely subserve.

1968 T. Kinsella Nightwalker 60 We dwell together in urgency; Dominate, entering middle age; subserve, Aborting vague tendencies with buttery smiles.

1984 Adv. in Psychol. 18 280 We want to study the question whether retinal processes..only subserve, as an energy-reception, transformation, and integration station of the visual system.

b. transitive. To serve under, be subordinate to. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)] > serve under

subserve1769

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 319 The husband takes a second [wife]..who lives and subserves the former in all domestic employments.

1980 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 22 342 The wife was bound to subserve her husband under threat of legal and religious penalties.

a. transitive. To be instrumental in furthering or assisting (a purpose, object, action, etc.); to promote or assist by serving as a means.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)]

furtherc888

fremeOE

filsenc1175

fosterc1175

speeda1240

theec1250

advancec1300

upraisea1340

increasec1380

forthbearc1400

exploit?a1439

aid1502

to set forward(s)1530

farther1570

facilite1585

to set forthward1588

forward1598

facilitate1599

accommodate1611

succeed1613

bespeed1615

to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632

subserve1645

push1758

support1779

leg up1817

1645 J. Price Unity our Duty 5 A rayling pen doth clearly evince the hearts mallice, commanding the head to subserve the same.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 439 Is there not a world of men, which..subserve the Glorie of their Maker?

1687 London Gaz. No. 2250/3 The free Exercise of Religion..will..most truly subserve the Interest of Your Majesties Power.

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvii. 255 The Memory..uses all those Parts..which subserve our Sensations.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 7 Even insensible matter shewed a forwardness to subserve his designs.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1816) I. x. 305 It might subserve the double purpose of ridding us of a nuisance, and relieving the public pressure.

1840 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers xvi. 302 The cause of Protestantism..the Catholic Fathers certainly do not subserve.

1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 109 The peripheral nervous system subserves sensation alone.

1921 B. K. Ashford in W. W. Keen Surgery VII. viii. 114 Their activities are co-ordinated to the end that the military object in view, that of defeating the enemy, may best be subserved.

1966 Rotarian May 36/1 Thoughtless acquiescence in all statements claiming to be law..implies a kind of contempt for the ends which law ought to subserve.

1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 5329/1 The cerebral cortex is parcellated into multiple domains that subserve different functions.

b. transitive. To be instrumental in furthering the purpose, interest, or function of (a person or thing). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > the success or value of

subserve1654

support1705

1654 R. Baxter Apol. against T. Blake & G. Kendall 34 Its nothing to the nature of an instrument active or passive, whether [it be produced by the principal agent] or not, so it do but subserve that agent.

1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. 5 You see how the more imperfect subserve the perfect; the inanimate the animate; as the earth the plant.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 163 Portions of bone are also developed to protect and otherwise subserve the organs of the senses.

1988 P. G. Naiditch A. E. Housman at Univ. Coll., London 129 (note) It was at this time that the several Boards of Studies, which subserved the Senate, were created.

†4. transitive (reflexive). To avail oneself of. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)]

noteOE

take?a1160

turnc1175

usec1300

to fare witha1340

benote1340

spenda1400

usea1400

weara1400

naitc1400

occupy1423

to put (also set) in work?a1425

practise?c1430

apply1439

employ?1473

to call upon ——1477

help1489

tew1489

handle1509

exercise1526

improvea1529

serve1538

feed1540

enure1549

to make (also take) (a) use of1579

wield1601

adoperate1612

to avail oneself ofa1616

prevail1617

to make practice of1623

ploy1675

occasion1698

to call on ——1721

subserve1811

nuse1851

utilize1860

1811 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. §4060 I not merely subserve myself of them, but I employ them.

1874 J. Hyde Angels vi. 300 With some, the means employed consist of words; we call them orators, poets, authors... Others subserve themselves of pigments, and give us both form and colour; we call them painters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subserve
释义	subservev. Brit. /səbˈsəːv/, U.S. /səbˈsərv/ Forms: late Middle English 1600s subserue, late Middle English 1600s– subserve. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin subservīre. Etymology: < classical Latin subservīre to behave as a servant (to), wait (on), to lend support (to) < sub- sub- prefix + servīre serve v.¹ 1. intransitive. To be subservient to (also †unto); to hold a subordinate place or role. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] hearc893 understand?a1200 subservec1443 subjectc1475 acquiesce1660 truck1665 truckle1667 to be at the beck and call of1869 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [verb (intransitive)] > be subservient to subservec1443 c1443 [implied in: R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 110 (MED) In ful greet sijknes whanne þe sensual inward and outward wittis ben not hurtid in her instrumentis neiþer troublid in her subserving to resoun wiþ stronge and inaccordyng humoris or distemperat qualitees, þe resoun haþ more fre vss in resonyng þan he haþ in tyme of helþe. (at subserving n.)]. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 87 Oþire powers of þe soule subseruing or vndirseruing to oure witt and to oure wil, which goodis ben sciencis, craftys, housis, cloþis..fauouris and fames. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §8. 186 Arts belonging to all these; and yet all of them subseruing vnto the Art of Riding. 1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels 10 All creatures shall subserve to that composition of which God is a part. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 9 The manner of our disquisitions..is irregular... When we..make that subservient which should be ultimate, and that ultimate which should subserve. 1700 G. Granville Let. 28 May in A. Pope Lit. Corr. (1737) V. 36 A Man's Name often subserves to his public Reception, without regard to his Performance. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. II. 317 It subserves..to the Trade of this Place. 1820 L. Hunt Indicator 29 Mar. 193 Merely subserving to the worst taste of the times. 1860 B. F. Westcott Introd. Study Gospels v. 263 The historical framework of their writings subserved to a doctrinal development. 1914 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1913 541 This indicates not necessarily a superior brain, but rather one subserving to largely developed organs and powerful musculature. 1983 L. E. Trakman Law Merchant Introd. 2 In regulating transregional trade local influences subserved to the demands of the cosmopolitan trader. 2004 V. Ianko Promise at Sea 236 The stallion pretended that he did not see me. Maybe he was embarrassed when I saw him subserving to other people. 2. a. intransitive. To act in a subordinate position. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > be under authority [verb (intransitive)] > act in subordinate position subserve1642 answer1913 1642 Humble Remonstrance in True & Orig. Copy First Petition They have been ready out of their..sence of their duty to to [sic] this Honourable Assembly, upon all occasions to contribute subserve, and lay out themselves in all those wayes. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 57 Not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. View more context for this quotation 1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 533 Old engagements out he blots For aye: Taurello shall no more subserve. 1914 Educ. Rev. Jan. 84 Philosophically speaking, all teachers are powerless, they merely subserve. 1968 T. Kinsella Nightwalker 60 We dwell together in urgency; Dominate, entering middle age; subserve, Aborting vague tendencies with buttery smiles. 1984 Adv. in Psychol. 18 280 We want to study the question whether retinal processes..only subserve, as an energy-reception, transformation, and integration station of the visual system. b. transitive. To serve under, be subordinate to. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)] > serve under subserve1769 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 319 The husband takes a second [wife]..who lives and subserves the former in all domestic employments. 1980 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 22 342 The wife was bound to subserve her husband under threat of legal and religious penalties. 3. a. transitive. To be instrumental in furthering or assisting (a purpose, object, action, etc.); to promote or assist by serving as a means. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > promotion or help forward > promote or help forward (a person, plan, etc.) [verb (transitive)] furtherc888 fremeOE filsenc1175 fosterc1175 speeda1240 theec1250 advancec1300 upraisea1340 increasec1380 forthbearc1400 exploit?a1439 aid1502 to set forward(s)1530 farther1570 facilite1585 to set forthward1588 forward1598 facilitate1599 accommodate1611 succeed1613 bespeed1615 to set (a person) on (also upon) his (also her, etc.) legs1632 subserve1645 push1758 support1779 leg up1817 1645 J. Price Unity our Duty 5 A rayling pen doth clearly evince the hearts mallice, commanding the head to subserve the same. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 439 Is there not a world of men, which..subserve the Glorie of their Maker? 1687 London Gaz. No. 2250/3 The free Exercise of Religion..will..most truly subserve the Interest of Your Majesties Power. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvii. 255 The Memory..uses all those Parts..which subserve our Sensations. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 7 Even insensible matter shewed a forwardness to subserve his designs. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1816) I. x. 305 It might subserve the double purpose of ridding us of a nuisance, and relieving the public pressure. 1840 J. H. Newman Church of Fathers xvi. 302 The cause of Protestantism..the Catholic Fathers certainly do not subserve. 1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 109 The peripheral nervous system subserves sensation alone. 1921 B. K. Ashford in W. W. Keen Surgery VII. viii. 114 Their activities are co-ordinated to the end that the military object in view, that of defeating the enemy, may best be subserved. 1966 Rotarian May 36/1 Thoughtless acquiescence in all statements claiming to be law..implies a kind of contempt for the ends which law ought to subserve. 1998 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 5329/1 The cerebral cortex is parcellated into multiple domains that subserve different functions. b. transitive. To be instrumental in furthering the purpose, interest, or function of (a person or thing). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [verb (transitive)] > the success or value of subserve1654 support1705 1654 R. Baxter Apol. against T. Blake & G. Kendall 34 Its nothing to the nature of an instrument active or passive, whether [it be produced by the principal agent] or not, so it do but subserve that agent. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I i. 5 You see how the more imperfect subserve the perfect; the inanimate the animate; as the earth the plant. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 163 Portions of bone are also developed to protect and otherwise subserve the organs of the senses. 1988 P. G. Naiditch A. E. Housman at Univ. Coll., London 129 (note) It was at this time that the several Boards of Studies, which subserved the Senate, were created. †4. transitive (reflexive). To avail oneself of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] noteOE take?a1160 turnc1175 usec1300 to fare witha1340 benote1340 spenda1400 usea1400 weara1400 naitc1400 occupy1423 to put (also set) in work?a1425 practise?c1430 apply1439 employ?1473 to call upon ——1477 help1489 tew1489 handle1509 exercise1526 improvea1529 serve1538 feed1540 enure1549 to make (also take) (a) use of1579 wield1601 adoperate1612 to avail oneself ofa1616 to avail oneself ofa1616 prevail1617 to make practice of1623 ploy1675 occasion1698 to call on ——1721 subserve1811 nuse1851 utilize1860 1811 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1973) III. §4060 I not merely subserve myself of them, but I employ them. 1874 J. Hyde Angels vi. 300 With some, the means employed consist of words; we call them orators, poets, authors... Others subserve themselves of pigments, and give us both form and colour; we call them painters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1443
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