† asservilev.
Obsolete.
To make servile or subservient.
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society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > subject [verb (transitive)] > make subordinate or subservient
abeyOE
subjugate1566
subordinate1597
subordain1598
asservile1619
subserviatea1676
subalternize1851
1619 J. Sempill Sacrilege Sacredly Handled 88 To asseruile the Gospell to his vile appetites.
1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxii. 71 I cannot asservile my self to the Humour of other Men.
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