† beservev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To serve diligently.
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society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)] > serve fully or diligently
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a1300 Cursor Mundi 23053 Did þair bodis in prisun And suonken þam bath dai and night For to beserue vr lauerd.
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