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subserve

[ suhb-surv ]

verb (used with object)

subserved, subserving.
  1. to be useful or instrumental in promoting (a purpose, action, etc.):

    Light exercise subserves digestion.

  2. Obsolete. to serve as a subordinate.


subserve

/ ²õÉ™²úˈ²õɜ˱¹ /

verb

  1. to be helpful or useful to
  2. obsolete.
    to be subordinate to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of subserve1

1610–20; < Latin ²õ³Ü²ú²õ±ð°ù±¹Ä«°ù±ð, equivalent to sub- sub- + ²õ±ð°ù±¹Ä«°ù±ð to serve
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of subserve1

C17: from Latin sub²õ±ð°ù±¹Ä«°ù±ð to be subject to, from sub- + ²õ±ð°ù±¹Ä«°ù±ð to serve
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These auditory and reward network pathways likely subserve the mind’s ability to form predictions and expectations during music listening.

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Specific networks of neurons in the brain subserve the formation of human beliefs; neurodegenerative disorders disrupt these networks, leading to distorted beliefs that often have no basis in observable reality.

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They believed the “unusual pressure of time†to work was caused by “the artful and designing men to subserve party purposes.â€

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Resting-state fMRI has shown that brain networks that subserve motor and even cognitive functions like language, memory and emotion are continuously and dynamically active in the resting brain.

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In a paper published in The Lancet in February 1916, he posited a “physical or chemical change and a break in the links of the chain of neurons which subserve a particular function.â€

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