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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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Serv"ile, n. (Gram.) An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
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