servile
servile is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! Pope.
- 2.(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.
- 3.An element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is held in subjection; dependent; enslaved. Even fortune rules no more, O servile land! Pope called?
- What is (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 called?
- What is an element which forms no part of the original root; -- opposed to radical called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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