单词 | to serve in |
释义 | > as lemmasto serve in † to serve in 1. a. transitive. To carry or send (a dish, a meal, etc.) from kitchen to table; to present (food or drink) to people as part of a meal. In early use also intransitive, with object understood. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] servec1275 spenda1375 serve1381 to serve forth1381 ministerc1400 messa1425 sewc1440 to serve ina1450 to serve upc1475 asservec1500 dish1587 appose1593 to usher in1613 send1662 to hand round1692 to serve away1709 hand1851 a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 6 (MED) Whan þou seruyst yt inne, knocke owt þe marw of þe bonys. a1450 in T. Austin Two 15th-cent. Cookery-bks. (1888) 7 Let boyle to-gederys, an serue in. c1530 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 8 Fyrste serue ye in the potage, And than eche meet after his degre. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 83 At supper they served in a peece of roasted beefe hot. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 90 The company, after a short refection of biscuits and wine, tea and chocolate, serv'd in at, now, about one in the morning, broke up. 1827 in W. Scott Chron. Canongate Introd. App. The dinner was very handsome (though slowly served in). 1877 J. F. Elton Jrnl. 29 Oct. in Trav. & Researches Lakes & Mountains of Eastern & Central Afr. (1879) ii. iv. 344 A repast of excellent rice and buffalo-meat (dried) was served in, and we then lay down to sleep soundly. b. transitive. To place food and drink on the table in front of (a person) at a meal; to present (a person) with food or drink. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [verb (transitive)] > serve person servec1275 to serve forth1381 rewarda1495 to carve toa1533 to serve in1629 help1688 1629 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime iii. 16 Now let vs come to the Collegiates or Students, and their diet: First they are serued in by seuen of their owne rancke Weekely and in Course. 1669 Songs Alamode in New Acad. Complements 107 For the first Course, she serves me in Four Birds that Dainties are. 2. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. To deliver, present, or provide (something). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming in tr. J. Caius Eng. Dogges To Rdr. sig. Aivv As for such as shall..teare the Translatour.., with the teeth of spightfull enuye,..If I serue in their meate with wrong sawce, ascribe it not to vnskilfulnesse in coquery, but to ignoraunce in their diet. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. i. 14 Then giue me leaue to read Philosophy, And while I pause, serue in your harmony. View more context for this quotation 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. xiv. 243 History is meat not only well seasoned..but substantially and magnificently served in to please the curious pallat. 3. transitive. To present (a person) formally with a legal document. Cf. sense 49b. Obsolete. rare.In quot. 1630 in passive. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [verb (transitive)] > serve with writ serve1462 serve?1538 to serve in1630 mandamus1823 writ1878 1630 Banquet of Jests 135 A Waiting Gentlewoman being summoned into a Court to take an Oath (for she was serued in with a sub pœna) The Examiner asked how [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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