ministering

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Minister \Min"is*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ministered}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Ministering}.] [OE. ministren, OF. ministrer, fr.
   L. ministrare. See {Minister}, n.]
   To furnish or apply; to afford; to supply; to administer.
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         He that ministereth seed to the sower.   --2 Cor. ix.
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         We minister to God reason to suspect us. --Jer. Taylor.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "ministering":
      accessory, adjuvant, agential, agentival, agentive, ancillary,
      assistant, assisting, attendant, attending, auxiliary, conducive,
      employable, facilitating, favoring, forwarding, fostering, handy,
      helpful, helping, instrumental, intermediary, mediating,
      mediatorial, menial, ministerial, ministrant, nurtural, nutricial,
      promoting, serviceable, servile, serving, servitorial, subservient,
      subsidiary, useful, waiting

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