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▪ I. † ˈservable, a.1 Sc. Obs.
Also 6 serveabill.
[a. OF. servable, f. servir serve v.1: see -able. Cf. serviable.]
Ready to serve.
c1450Holland Howlat 379 Next the souerane signe was sekirly sene, That seruit his serenite euer seruable, The armes of the Dowglass. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 50 He promist to [be] allis serueabill as ony man wnto this realme. 1626J. Haig in J. Russell Haigs (1881) 178, I rest, Your loving and servable brother.
▪ II. † ˈservable, a.2 Obs.—0
[f. serve v.2 + -able.]
That may be kept or preserved.
1623Cockeram i. 1656Blount Glossogr. 1721Bailey.
▪ III. servable, a.3|ˈsɜːvəb(ə)l|
[f. serve v.1 + -able.]
That may be served, worthy to be served.
1855Ogilvie Suppl., Servable, capable of being served. 1881F. Harrison in 19th Cent. Mar. 462 If we seek to love and serve the greatest loveable and serveable thing on this earth. |