Subserving

ppl. a. [f. SUBSERVE v. + -ING².] That subserves; subservient.

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1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. i. II. ii. Ligaments, are they that tye the Bones together, and other parts to the Bones, with their subseruing tendons.

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1893. Advance (Chicago), 2 Nov. Combine … against the ring and its boss and its subserving tool that now fills the Mayor’s chair.

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[1895. W. H. Hudson, Spencer’s Philos., 124. In non-gregarious creatures, therefore, the only conflict is between self-subserving and race-subserving activities.]

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