Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 55
Serve (v. t.) Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as a portion of anything, especially of food prepared for eating; -- often with up; formerly with in.
Serve (v. t.) 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.
Serve (v. t.) To contribute or conduce to; to promote; to be sufficient for; to satisfy; as, to serve one's turn.
Serve (v. t.) To answer or be (in the place of something) to; as, a sofa serves one for a seat and a couch.
Serve (v. t.) To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.
Serve (v. t.) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns.
Serve (v. t.) To bring to notice, deliver, or execute, either actually or constructively, in such manner as the law requires; as, to serve a summons.
Serve (v. t.) To make legal service opon (a person named in a writ, summons, etc.); as, to serve a witness with a subp/na.
Serve (v. t.) To pass or spend, as time, esp. time of punishment; as, to serve a term in prison.
Serve (v. t.) To copulate with; to cover; as, a horse serves a mare; -- said of the male.
Serve (v. t.) To lead off in delivering (the ball).
Serve (v. t.) 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.
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.
Serve (v. i.) To perform domestic offices; to be occupied with household affairs; to prepare and dish up food, etc.
Serve (v. i.) 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.
Serve (v. i.) To be of use; to answer a purpose; to suffice; to suit; to be convenient or favorable.
Serve (v. i.) To lead off in delivering the ball.
Server (n.) One who serves.
Server (n.) A tray for dishes; a salver.
Servian (a.) Of or pertaining to Servia, a kingdom of Southern Europe.
Servian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Servia.
Service (n.) <networking, programming> Work performed (or offered) by a server. This may mean simply serving simple requests for data to be sent or stored (as with file servers, gopher or http servers, e-mail servers, finger servers, SQL servers, etc.); or it may be more complex work, such as that of irc servers, print servers, X Windows servers, or process servers.
E.g. "Access to the finger service is restricted to the local subnet, for security reasons". (1997-09-11)
Service (n.) Alt. of Service.
Service (n.) (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus {Pyrus}, as {Pyrus domestica} and {Pyrus torminalis} of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see {Shad bush}, under {Shad}). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.
{Service berry} (Bot.), The fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush ({Amelanchier}).
Rounding (n.) (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also {service}.
Rounding (n.) (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11.
Service (n.) 服務；效勞；幫助 [U] [P1]；招待，服侍；服務態度 [U]；公共設施；公用事業 [C] [U] The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. "O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom." -- Bk. of Com. Prayer.
Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. -- Shak.
God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. -- Tillotson.
Service (n.) The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.
I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. -- Shak.
This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. -- Dryden.
To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? -- Macaulay.
Service (n.) Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.
The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. -- Coleridge.
Service (n.) Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.
Service (n.) Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.
When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. -- Spenser.
Service (n.) Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.
The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. -- L'Estrange.
Service (n.) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. "Pray, do my service to his majesty." -- Shak.
Service (n.) The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.
There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. -- Hakewill.
Service (n.) (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment.
Compare: Subpoena
Subpoena (also Subpoena ad testificandum) (n.) (Law) 傳票 A writ ordering a person to attend a court.
‘A subpoena may be issued to compel their attendance.’
[Mass noun] ‘They were all under subpoena to appear.’
Compare: Subpoena ad testificandum
Subpoena ad testificandum (n.) 作證傳票；要求證人出庭作證的傳票 A subpoena ad testificandum is a court summons to appear and give oral testimony for use at a hearing or trial. The use of a writ for purposes of compelling testimony originated in the Ecclesiastical Courts of the High Middle Ages, especially in England. The use of the subpoena writ was gradually adopted over time by other courts in England and the European Continent.
Subpoena (v.) [With object] (Law) 傳喚；傳訊 Summon (someone) with a subpoena.
‘The Queen is above the law and cannot be subpoenaed.’
Subpoena (v.) [With object] (Law) Require (a document or other evidence) to be submitted to a court of law.
‘The decision to subpoena government records.’
Compare: Summon
Summon (v.) [With object] 召喚；傳喚；請求；要求 [O2] ；召集；使出，喚起，鼓起（勇氣），振作（精神）[（+up）] Order (someone) to be present.
‘A waiter was summoned.’
Summon (v.) [With object] Authoritatively call on (someone) to be present as a defendant or witness in a law court.
‘If the person summoned does not appear he may be arrested.’
Summon (v.) [With object] Urgently demand (help).
‘She summoned medical assistance.’
Summon (v.) [With object] Call people to attend (a meeting)
‘He summoned a meeting of head delegates.’
Summon (v.) [With object] Make an effort to produce (a particular quality or reaction) from within oneself.
‘She managed to summon up a smile.’
Summon (v.) [With object] (Summon something up) Call an image to mind.
‘Names that summon up images of far-off places.’
Service (n.) (Natu.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.
Service (n.) (Tennis) The act of serving the ball.
Service (n.) Act of serving or covering. See {Serve}, v. t., 13.
{Service book}, A prayer book or missal.
{Service line} (Tennis), A line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it.
{Service of a writ}, {Process}, etc. (Law), Personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode.
{Service of an attachment} (Law), The seizing of the person or goods according to the direction.
{Service of an execution} (Law), The levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant.
{Service pipe}, A pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson.
{To accept service}. (Law) See under {Accept}.
{To see service} (Mil.), To do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war.
Service (n.) Work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services".
Service (n.) An act of help or assistance; "he did them a service" [ant: {disservice}, {ill service}, {ill turn}].
Service (n.) The act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service" [syn: {service}, {religious service}, {divine service}].
Service (n.) A company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation.
Service (n.) Employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service".
Service (n.) A force that is a branch of the armed forces [syn: {military service}, {armed service}, {service}].
Service (n.) Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958) [syn: {Service}, {Robert William Service}].
Service (n.) A means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" [syn: {avail}, {help}, {service}]
Service (n.) Tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table [syn: {service}, {table service}].
Service (n.) The act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" [syn: {servicing}, {service}].
Service (n.) (law) The acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him.
Service (n.) (Sports) A stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game" [syn: {serve}, {service}].
Service (n.) The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena" [syn: {service}, {serving}, {service of process}].
Service (n.) Periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: {overhaul}, {inspection and repair}, {service}].
Service (n.) The performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service".
Service (v.) (v. t.) 為……服務；檢修，維修，保養；支付（債務的）利息 Be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" [syn: {service}, {serve}].
Service (v.) Make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced".
Service (v.) Mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" [syn: {serve}, {service}].
Service, () Work performed (or offered) by a server. This may mean simply serving simple requests for data to be sent or stored (as with file servers, gopher or http servers, e-mail servers, finger servers, SQL servers, etc.); or it may be more complex work, such as that of irc servers, print servers, X Windows servers, or process servers.
E.g. "Access to the finger service is restricted to the local subnet, for security reasons".
(1997-09-11)
Service (n.), Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate.
Service (n.) The services, in respect of their quality, were either free or base, and in respect of their quantity and the time of exacting them, were either certain or uncertain. 2 Bl. Com. 62.
Service (n.) In the civil law by service is sometimes understood servitude. (q.v.)
Service (v.), Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process; Kirby, 48; 2 Aik. R. 338; 11 Mass. 181; to serve a summons, is to deliver a copy of it at the house of the party, or to deliver it to him personally, or to read it to him; notices and other papers are served by delivering the same at the house of the party, or to him in person.
Service (v.) When the service of a writ is prevented by the act of the party on whom it is to be served, it will, in general, be sufficient if the officer do everything in his power to serve it. 39 Eng. C. L. R. 431 1 M. & G. 238.
Service (n.), Contracts. The being employed to serve another.
Service (n.) In cases of seduction, the gist of the action is not injury which the seducer has inflicted on the parent by destroying his peace of mind, and the reputation of his child, but for the consequent inability to perform those services for which she was accountable to her master or her parent who assumes this character for the purpose Vide Seduction, and 2 Mees. & W. 539; 7 Car. & P. 528.
Serviceable (a.) Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous.
Serviceable (a.) Prepared for rendering service; capable of, or fit for, the performance of duty; hence, active; diligent.
Serviceage (n.) Servitude.
Serviceman (n.) 軍人；修護人員；檢修工 Someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn: {serviceman}, {military man}, {man}, {military personnel}] [ant: {civilian}]
Servient (a.) Subordinate.
Serviette (n.) [F.]【英】餐巾 A table napkin.
Serviette (n.) A small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing [syn: {napkin}, {table napkin}, {serviette}].
Serviette (n.) [ C ] 餐巾；餐巾紙 A square piece of cloth or paper used while you are eating for protecting your clothes or cleaning your mouth and fingers. [syn: {napkin}]
Compare: Napkin
Napkin (n.) [ C ] (UK also Serviette) (B2) 餐巾；餐巾紙 A small square piece of cloth or paper, used while you are eating to protect your clothes or to clean your mouth or fingers.
Servile (a.) 奴隸的；卑賤的，低下的；奴顏婢膝的；屈從的 [（+to）]；【古】被奴役的，不自由的 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.
Servile (a.) Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
Servile (a.) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter.
Servile (a.) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
Servile (n.) An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
Servilely (adv.) In a servile manner; slavishly.
Servileness (n.) Quality of being servile; servility.
Servility (n.) The quality or state of being servile; servileness.
Serving () a. & n. from Serve.
Servite (n.) One of the order of the Religious Servants of the Holy Virgin, founded in Florence in 1223.
Servifor (n.) One who serves; a servant; an attendant; one who acts under another; a follower or adherent.
Servifor (n.) An undergraduate, partly supported by the college funds, whose duty it formerly was to wait at table. A servitor corresponded to a sizar in Cambridge and Dublin universities.
Servitorship (n.) The office, rank, or condition of a servitor.
Servitude (n.) The state of voluntary or compulsory subjection to a master; the condition of being bound to service; the condition of a slave; slavery; bondage; hence, a state of slavish dependence.
Servitude (n.) Servants, collectively.
Servitude (n.) A right whereby one thing is subject to another thing or person for use or convenience, contrary to the common right.
Serviture (n.) Servants, collectively.
Servitute (n.) Servitude.
Serye (n.) A series.
Sesame (n.) Either of two annual herbaceous plants of the genus Sesamum (S. Indicum, and S. orientale), from the seeds of which an oil is expressed; also, the small obovate, flattish seeds of these plants, sometimes used as food. See Benne.
Sesamoid (a.) Resembling in shape the seeds of sesame.
Sesamoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sesamoid bones or cartilages; sesamoidal.
Sesamoid (n.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
Sesamoidal (a.) Sesamoid.
Sesban (n.) A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.
Sesqui- () A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting that three atoms or equivalents of the substance to the name of which it is prefixed are combined with two of some other element or radical; as, sesquibromide, sesquicarbonate, sesquichloride, sesquioxide.
Sesquialter (a.) Sesquialteral.
Sesquialter (n.) Alt. of Sesquialtera
Sesquialtera (n.) A stop on the organ, containing several ranks of pipes which reenforce some of the high harmonics of the ground tone, and make the sound more brilliant.
Sesquialteral (a.) Alt. of Sesquialterate
Sesquialterate (a.) Once and a half times as great as another; having the ratio of one and a half to one.
Sesquialterous (a.) Sesquialteral.
Sesquibasic (a.) Containing, or acting as, a base in the proportions of a sesqui compound.
Sesquiduplicate (a.) Twice and a half as great (as another thing); having the ratio of two and a half to one.
Sesquioxide (n.) 倍半氧化物；三氧二化物 An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide.
Sesquipedal (a.) Alt. of Sesquipedalian
Sesquipedalian (a.) 一尺半長的，（詞）長的冗長的單字 Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.
Sesquipedalianism (n.) Alt. of Sesquipedalism
Sesquipedalism (n.) Sesquipedality.
Sesqyipedality (n.) The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
Sesqyipedality (n.) The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
Sesquiplicate (a.) [數] 立方之平方根的，二分之三次方的 Subduplicate of the triplicate; -- a term applied to ratios; thus, a and a' are in the sesquiplicate ratio of b and b', when a is to a' as the square root of the cube of b is to the square root of the cube of b', or a:a'::[root] b^{3}:[root] b'^{3}.
Sesquisalt (n.) A salt derived from a sesquioxide base, or made up on the proportions of a sesqui compound.
Sesquisulphide (n.) A sulphide, analogous to a sesquioxide, containing three atoms of sulphur to two of the other ingredient; -- formerly called also sesquisulphuret; as, orpiment, As2S3 is arsenic sesquisulphide.
Sesquitertial (a.) Sesquitertian.
Sesquitertian (a.) Alt. of Sesquitertianal
Sesquitertianal (a.) Having the ratio of one and one third to one (as 4 : 3).
Sesquitone (n.) A minor third, or interval of three semitones.
Sess (v. t.) To lay a tax upon; to assess.
Sess (n.) A tax; an assessment. See Cess.
Sessa (interj.) Hurry; run.
Sessile (a.) Attached without any sensible projecting support.
Sessile (a.) Resting directly upon the main stem or branch, without a petiole or footstalk; as, a sessile leaf or blossom.
Sessile (a.) Permanently attached; -- said of the gonophores of certain hydroids which never became detached.
Sessile-eyed (a.) Having eyes which are not elevated on a stalk; -- opposed to stalk-eyed.
Session (n.) 會議，會期，學期，上課期間，開庭期 The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
Session (n.) The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business.
Session (n.) Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term.
Session (n.) A meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature".
Session (n.) The time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" [syn: {school term}, {academic term}, {academic session}, {session}].
Session (n.) A meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session".
Session (n.) A meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" [syn: {seance}, {sitting}, {session}].
Sessional (a.) Of or pertaining to a session or sessions.
Sesspool (n.) Same as Cesspool.