SERVIENT

Etymology

Adjective

servient (comparative more servient, superlative most servient)

(obsolete, legal) subordinate

Anagrams

• nerviest, reinvest, sirvente

Source: Wiktionary


Serv"i*ent, a. Etym: [L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See Serve.]

Definition: Subordinate. [Obs. except in law.] Dyer. Servient tenement or estate (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant. Gale & Whately.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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