Definition of serve

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Serve (v. i.) 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.

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Enlistment :: Enlistment (n.) The act or enlisting, or the state of being enlisted; voluntary enrollment to serve as a soldier or a sailor..
Root :: Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy
Pyx :: Pyx (n.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved..
Cowan :: Cowan (n.) One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship.
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter..
Noticeable :: Noticeable (a.) Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix, as a precious stone, in a border of metal; to place in a setting; hence, to place in or amid something which serves as a setting; as, to set glass in a sash..
Colligation :: Colligation (n.) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse..
Enshrine :: Enshrine (v. t.) To inclose in a shrine or chest; hence, to preserve or cherish as something sacred; as, to enshrine something in memory..
Bema :: Bema (n.) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
Shrub :: Shrub (n.) A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it..
Tombstone :: Tombstone (n.) A stone erected over a grave, to preserve the memory of the deceased..
Openly :: Openly (adv.) Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently.
Free-hearted :: Free-hearted (a.) Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
For :: For (prep.) Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done..
Villus :: Villus (n.) One of the minute papillary processes on certain vascular membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface..
Observe :: Observe (v. i.) To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.
Timeserver :: Timeserver (n.) One who adapts his opinions and manners to the times; one who obsequiously compiles with the ruling power; -- now used only in a bad sense.
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