Sub-sērv'i-ent, a.

a. [Lat. subserviens, p. pr. of subservire. See SUBSERVE.] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate.

Hammond had an incredible dexterity, scarcely ever reading any thing which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. Fell.

These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray.

Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke.