Definition of serve

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Serve (v. t.) 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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Twelfth-night :: Twelfth-night (n.) The evening of Epiphany, or the twelfth day after Christmas, observed as a festival by various churches..
Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels..
Limitary :: Limitary (n.) That which serves to limit; a boundary; border land.
Deserver :: Deserver (n.) One who deserves.
Pickled :: Pickled (a.) Preserved in a pickle.
Unlooked :: Unlooked (a.) Not observed or foreseen; unexpected; -- generally with for.
Observe :: Observe (v. t.) To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.
Conserve :: Conserve (n.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.
Model :: Model (n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine..
Caponiere :: Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway..
Pelt :: Pelt (n.) The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.
Pickle :: Pickle (v. t.) A solution of salt and water, in which fish, meat, etc., may be preserved or corned; brine..
Porch :: Porch (n.) A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia..
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..
Serve :: 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..
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
Preserve :: Preserve (v. i.) To make preserves.
Bestead :: Bestead (v. t.) To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail.
Spherulite :: Spherulite (n.) A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone..
Pattern :: Pattern (v. t.) To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate..
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