† beservev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To serve diligently.
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society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)] > serve fully or diligently
beservea1300
full-serve1340
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a1300 Cursor Mundi 23053 Did þair bodis in prisun And suonken þam bath dai and night For to beserue vr lauerd.
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v.a1300- to keep one's nose to the grindstone
- to keep one's options open
- to keep one's own
- to keep one's own counsel
- to keep one's pants on
- to keep one's peace
- to keep one's pecker up
- to keep one's place
- to keep one's powder dry
- to keep one's put good
- to keep one's residence
- to keep one's room
- to keep one's seat
- to keep one's silence
- to keep one's standing
- to keep one's state
- to keep one's station
- to keep one's temper
- to keep one's terms
- to keep one's the wind
- to keep one's threap
- to keep one's toe in one's pump
- to keep one's tongue
- to keep one's top eye open
- to keep one's touch