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a. [ L. inserviens, p. pr. of inservire. ] Conducive; instrumental. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lascivient. ] Lasciviousness; wantonness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lasciviens, pr. of lascivire to be wanton, fr. lascivus. See Lascivious. ] Lascivious. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See Serve. ] Subordinate. [ Obs. except in law. ] Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Servient tenement or
Servient estate (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant. Gale & Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. [ 1913 Webster ]

The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subserviens, -entis, p. pr. See Subserve. ] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a subservient manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., prop. fem. of varsovien pertaining to Warsaw, fr. Varsovie Warsaw, Pol. Warszawa. ] (a) A kind of Polish dance. (b) Music for such a dance or having its slow triple time characteristic strong accent beginning every second measure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Pharm.) A caustic application made up of equal parts of caustic potash and quicklime; -- called also Vienna caustic. [ 1913 Webster ]