subserve
verb (used with object)
to be useful or instrumental in promoting (a purpose, action, etc.).
has subserved
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present perfectof subserve (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has subserved, and is now subserving, a great and beneficent end.
From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various
We may question whether he actually counted upon his own only too probable fate of crucifixion at Roman hands as destined to serve the precise end which it actually has subserved in human history.
From Religion and the War by Various
Upon the whole, it must be insisted that religious belief has subserved a large purpose in the economy of human progress.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
It is doubtful whether this process has subserved the cause of truth; nay, it is certain, I think, that it has produced many perplexing refinements and speculations that have greatly aided the cause of error.
From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Wilbur Fisk
