- disserve
- transitive verb Date: circa 1629 to serve badly or falsely ; harm
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
disserve
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Disserve — Dis*serve , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Di?????}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disserving}.] [Pref. dis + serve: cf. F. desservir.] To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm. [1913 Webster] Have neither served nor disserved the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disserve — index damage, harm Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disserve — [dis sʉrv′, dis′sʉrv] vt. disserved, disserving Rare to do a disservice to; harm … English World dictionary
disserve — /dis serrv /, v.t., disserved, disserving. to be a disservice to; serve harmfully or injuriously. [1610 20; DIS 1 + SERVE] * * * … Universalium
disserve — verb To treat poorly; to do a disservice to … Wiktionary
disserve — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To spoil the soundness or perfection of: blemish, damage, detract from, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate. See BETTER, HELP … English dictionary for students
disserve — v. serve harmfully … English contemporary dictionary
disserve — dissever … Anagrams dictionary
disserve — dis·serve … English syllables
disserve — dis•serve [[t]dɪsˈsɜrv[/t]] v. t. served, serv•ing to be a disservice to; serve harmfully or injuriously • Etymology: 1610–20 … From formal English to slang
