SPage 271
- English Word Serve Definition To perform the duties belonging to, or required in or for; hence, to be of use to; as, a curate may serve two churches; to serve one's country.
- English Word Serve Definition To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.
- English Word Serve Definition To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
- English Word Serve Definition To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
- English Word Serve Definition To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.
- English Word Serve Definition To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.
- English Word Serve Definition To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na.
- English Word Serve Definition To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
- English Word Serve Definition To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.
- English Word Serve Definition To lead off in delivering (the ball).
- English Word Serve Definition To wind spun yarn, or the like, tightly around (a rope or cable, etc.) so as to protect it from chafing or from the weather. See under Serving.
- English Word Serve Definition To be a servant or a slave; to be employed in labor or other business for another; to be in subjection or bondage; to render menial service.
- English Word Serve Definition To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.
- English Word Serve Definition To be in service; to do duty; to discharge the requirements of an office or employment. Specifically, to act in the public service, as a soldier, seaman. etc.
- English Word Serve Definition To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.
- English Word Serve Definition To lead off in delivering the ball.
- English Word Served Definition of Serve
- English Word Server Definition One who serves.
- English Word Server Definition A tray for dishes; a salver.
- English Word Servian Definition Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.