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servile
(encz) | servile,otrocký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
servile
(encz) | servile,podlézavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
servile
(encz) | servile,servilní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Servile
(gcide) | Servile \Serv"ile\, n. (Gram.)
An element which forms no part of the original root; --
opposed to radical.
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Servile
(gcide) | Servile \Serv"ile\, a. [L. servile, fr. servus a servant or
slave: cf. F. servile. See Serve.]
1. 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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She must bend the servile knee. --Thomson.
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Fearing dying pays death servile breath. --Shak.
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2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
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Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! --Pope.
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3. (Gram.)
(a) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile
letter.
(b) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the
preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
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servile
(wn) | servile
adj 1: submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in
a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper";
"servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
[ant: unservile, unsubmissive]
2: relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or
servants; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the
servile wars of Sicily"; "servile work" |
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servilely
(encz) | servilely,podlézavě adv: Zdeněk Brožservilely,servilně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
unservile
(encz) | unservile, adj: |
Servile
(gcide) | Servile \Serv"ile\, n. (Gram.)
An element which forms no part of the original root; --
opposed to radical.
[1913 Webster]Servile \Serv"ile\, a. [L. servile, fr. servus a servant or
slave: cf. F. servile. See Serve.]
1. 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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She must bend the servile knee. --Thomson.
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Fearing dying pays death servile breath. --Shak.
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2. Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved.
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Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! --Pope.
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3. (Gram.)
(a) Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile
letter.
(b) Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the
preceeding vowel, as e in tune.
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Servilely
(gcide) | Servilely \Serv"ile*ly\, adv.
In a servile manner; slavishly.
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Servileness
(gcide) | Servileness \Serv"ile*ness\, n.
Quality of being servile; servility.
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servilely
(wn) | servilely
adv 1: in an obsequious manner; "she acts obsequiously toward
her boss" [syn: obsequiously, subserviently,
servilely] |
unservile
(wn) | unservile
adj 1: not servile or submissive [syn: unservile,
unsubmissive] [ant: servile] |
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