“inservient”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

inservient

释义

† inˈservient, a. Obs.
[ad. L. inservient-em, pr. pple. of inservīre, f. in- (in-²) + servīre to serve. Cf. subservient.]
1. Serving, servile.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Exp. i. i. 3 Although their intellectualls had not failed in the theorie of truth, yet did the inservient and brutall faculties controle the suggestion of reason.
2. Serving or subservient to some end; serviceable, conducive, assisting.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxi. 158 Any parts inservient to that intention.1675E. W[ilson] Spadacr. Dunelm. 41 A Caput mortuum..inservient for mixing with cicatrizing Plaisters.1688Boyle Final Causes Nat. Things iv. 197 The fabrick of the mouth and other parts inservient to the reception of aliments.1802J. Jamieson Use Sacr. Hist. II. iii. xi. 331 That part of man's body which is inservient to generation.
b. Accessary to, forming an accessary of.
1708Phil. Trans. XXVI. 171 A Brass Pommel, inservient to a Sea-coal Grate, weighing nine Ounces.

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