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Definition of Subserved
1. subserve [v] - See also: subserve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subserved
Literary usage of Subserved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"It had subserved its purpose; and besides it has been proved that it was merely
a society for home protection. It may have been foolish ; there was no ..."
2. Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan by Michigan (1871)
"... or board of officers, shall have the right to reject any and all of said bids
or proposals, if in their judgments the public interest will be subserved ..."
3. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1849)
"... it is evident that they must have subserved this important end; namely, that
the Christian mind, while engaged in repelling such a reaction, must, ..."
4. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... it is evident that they must have subserved this important end ; namely, that
the Christian mind, while engaged in repelling such a reaction, must, ..."
5. A Selection of Cases Under the Interstate Commerce Act by Felix Frankfurter (1915)
"... that the reason it does not publish joint rates through Allentown and Gettysburg
is because the public interests would not be subserved by such a route. ..."
6. Honduras: Descriptive, Historical, and Statistical by Ephraim George Squier (1870)
"... TO BE subserved BY THE HONDURAS INTER- OCEANIC RAILWAY ITS SOURCES OF REVENUE.
" Measured on a globe, it appears that the Honduras line is aa favourably ..."
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