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Subminister

Sŭb-mĭn'is-ter, v. t.

verbtransitive

[Lat. subministrare, sumministrare, from prefix sub, under, and ministrare, to attend, serve, provide, supply; O. Fr. subministrare, Sp. subministrar, sumministrar, It. somministrare.] To supply; to afford. [Obs.] Hale.

Sŭb-mĭn'is-ter, v. i.

verbintransitive

To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.]

Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst of purposes. L’Estrange.