subserve
verb (used with object)
to be useful or instrumental in promoting (a purpose, action, etc.).
are subserving
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present progressiveof subserve.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"The elements of the inorganic world are subserving the purposes of organic life."
From The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 by Aaron Walker
