An enormous number of things in the world subserve a common purpose.
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Subserve
/səbˈsɚv/
Synonyms for "subserve" (42 found)
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6 entriessubserve a purposesubserve policy objectivessubserve research aimssubserve scholarly aimssubserve the goalssubserve the interests
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We are not hostile to these corporations; we are merely determined that they shall be so handled as to subserve the public good.
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Ah, if only he had asked her to subserve him, to be his slave!
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Calculating by spherical trigonometry, and assuming the same obliquity, I obtain 3 dundas and 40 pulas for the ascensional arc, giving a difference in time of 3 pulas, or about one of our minutes; an error so small, that even were the Indian astronomer aware of its existence he would disregard it, satisfied that the practical purposes which his labours subserve, are, notwithstanding, carried out with sufficient accuracy.
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