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2. Noun. (plural of serve) ¹

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Definition of Serves

1. serve [v] - See also: serve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Serves

Literary usage of Serves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"A nut serves to fix this piece to the upper part of the reservoir. Fig. ... N' represents a glass manometer which serves to control the indications of the ..."

2. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve (1899)
"THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES serves TO COUNTERPOISE THE DEMOCRACY Utility of discriminating the natural propensities of the members of the ..."

3. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"One that serves to illustrate: sample, specimen, piece, instance, case, ... One that serves as a model or pattern: pattern, sample, type, standard, model, ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1864)
"THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES serves TO COUNTERPOISE THE DEMOCRACY. Utility of ascertaining what are the natural Instincts of the Legal ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1841)
"THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES serves TO COUNTERPOISE THE DEMOCRACY. Utility of discriminating the natural Propensities of the Members of ..."

6. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"THE PROFESSION OF THE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES serves TO COUNTERPOISE THE DEMOCRACY. Utility of discriminating the natural Propensities of the Members of ..."

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