servile

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Synonyms: service, servil, servite, servire, servive

Antonyms: service, servil, servite, servire, servive

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Adjective

1. Excessively eager to please; [[obsequious]].
2. [[slavish|Slavish]] or [[submissive#Adjective|submissive]].
3. {{lb|en|grammar}} Not belonging to the original root.
4. {{lb|en|grammar}} Not [[sounded]], but serving to [[lengthen]] the preceding [[vowel]], like the ''e'' in ''tune''.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammar}} An [[element]] which forms no part of the original [[root]].
2. A [[slave]]; a [[menial]].

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