What is the meaning of SERVE. Phrases containing SERVE
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A judicial writ or precept directed to the sheriff, requiring him to cause a certain number of qualified persons to appear in court at a specified time, to serve as jurors in said court.
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v. t.
To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation.
n.
Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn.
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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.
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A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; also, any acquittance or receipt showing the payment of a debt; as, the merchant's books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts; notes, bonds, receipts, and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.
v. t.
To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
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To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
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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.
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To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.
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To wait upon; to supply the wants of; to attend; specifically, to wait upon at table; to attend at meals; to supply with food; as, to serve customers in a shop.
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To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.
a.
Not served.
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To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na.
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Having the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.
v. t.
To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.
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To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.
n.
The route or district regularly served by a vender; as, a milkman's walk.
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One who serves.
v. t.
To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
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