Sub*min"is*ter (?), v. t. [L. subministrare, subministratum. See Sub-, and Ministre, v. t.]
To supply; to afford.
[Obs.]
Sir M. Hale.
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Sub*min"is*ter, v. i.
To be subservient; to be useful.
[Obs.] "Our passions . . .
subminister to the best and worst purposes."
L'EStrange.
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