SERVILE
\sˈɜːva͡ɪl], \sˈɜːvaɪl], \s_ˈɜː_v_aɪ_l]\
Definitions of SERVILE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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involving slaves; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"
By Princeton University
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involving slaves; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.
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Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
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Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
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An element which forms no part of the original root; - opposed to radical.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience.
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Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
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Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
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An element which forms no part of the original root; - opposed to radical.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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