subminister

verb

1. to supply; to administer

   archaic

   subminister the principal and predominant Matter for those great and vaſt Luminaries

2. to be subservient (to)

   archaic

   Our passions […] subminister to the best and worst purposes.

Where it comes from

From the Latin subministrō, sumministrō (equivalent to English sub- + minister).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry subminister (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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