Definition of serve

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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..

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Reserve :: Reserve (n.) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy..
Cabaret :: Cabaret (n.) a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment..
Corn :: Corn (v. t.) To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation..
Rule :: Rule (a.) A straight strip of wood, metal, or the like, which serves as a guide in drawing a straight line; a ruler..
Palingenesy :: Palingenesy (n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc..
Sanctum :: Sanctum (n.) A sacred place; hence, a place of retreat; a room reserved for personal use; as, an editor's sanctum..
Entree :: Entree (n.) In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a joint, or between the courses, as a cutlet, scalloped oysters, etc..
Strangely :: Strangely (adv.) In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.
Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to perpetuate in remembrance.
Seamark :: Seamark (n.) Any elevated object on land which serves as a guide to mariners; a beacon; a landmark visible from the sea, as a hill, a tree, a steeple, or the like..
Axis :: Axis (n.) Also used of the body only of the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon..
Observer :: Observer (n.) A sycophantic follower.
Misobserver :: Misobserver (n.) One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
Convent :: Convent (v. i.) To be convenient; to serve.
Turn :: Turn (n.) Convenience; occasion; purpose; exigence; as, this will not serve his turn..
Daubreelite :: Daubreelite (n.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.
Spectrometer :: Spectrometer (n.) A spectroscope fitted for measurements of the luminious spectra observed with it.
Forester :: Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male..
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