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Definitions for disserve
dɪsˈsɜrvdis·serve
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disserveverb
To treat poorly; to do a disservice to
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Disserveverb
To do injury to; to mischief; to damage; to hurt; to harm.
Etymology: dis and serve.
Having never done the king the least service, he took the first opportunity to disserve him, and engaged against him from the beginning of the rebellion. Edward Hyde.
Desires of things of this world, by their tendency, promote or disserve our interests in another. John Rogers, Sermon 2.
Webster Dictionary
Disserveverb
to fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm
Etymology: [Pref. dis- + serve: cf. F. desservir.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Disserve
dis-serv′, v.t. to do the opposite of serving: (rare) to injure.—n. Disserv′ice, injury: mischief: an ill turn.—adj. Disserv′iceable. [O. Fr. desservir—L. dis, neg., servīre, to serve.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disserve in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disserve in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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