Definition of serve

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Serve (v. t.) To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male..

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Prophylactic :: Prophylactic (n.) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
Arbalist :: Arbalist (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc..
Point :: Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints..
Unreserve :: Unreserve (n.) Absence of reverse; frankness; freedom of communication.
Mark :: Mark (v. i.) To take particular notice; to observe critically; to note; to remark.
Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns..
Fundamental :: Fundamental (n.) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith..
Impressment :: Impressment (n.) The act of seizing for public use, or of impressing into public service; compulsion to serve; as, the impressment of provisions or of sailors..
Imperialist :: Imperialist (n.) One who serves an emperor; one who favors imperialism.
Attitude :: Attitude (n.) Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as, in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude; one's mental attitude in respect to religion..
Seiches :: Seiches (n. pl.) Local oscillations in level observed in the case of some lakes, as Lake Geneva..
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert..
Compote :: Compote (n.) A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears..
Hinge :: Hinge (n.) The hook with its eye, or the joint, on which a door, gate, lid, etc., turns or swings; a flexible piece, as a strip of leather, which serves as a joint to turn on..
Metronome :: Metronome (n.) An instrument consisting of a short pendulum with a sliding weight. It is set in motion by clockwork, and serves to measure time in music..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry..
Lighthouse :: Lighthouse (n.) A tower or other building with a powerful light at top, erected at the entrance of a port, or at some important point on a coast, to serve as a guide to mariners at night; a pharos..
Unaserved :: Unaserved (a.) Not served.
Shy :: Shy (superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..
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