servile(a)

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involving slaves; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection
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submissive or slavish
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of or pertaining to a slave
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{n} a letter added for the inflection of words
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{a} slavish, dependant, cringing, fawning
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disapproval If you say that someone is servile, you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them. He was subservient and servile = obsequious + servility ser·vil·ity She's a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility
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An element which forms no part of the original root; opposed to radical
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Not itself sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel, as e in tune
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pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily"
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Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience
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involving slaves; "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"
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submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior; "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
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{s} subject, subservient, extremely submissive; of or pertaining to a slave or servant, suited to a slave or servant
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pertaining to or involving slaves; "the servile wars of Sicily
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Not belonging to the original root; as, a servile letter
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Held in subjection; dependent; enslaved
servile(a)
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