† servableadj.¹

Forms: late Middle English seruabil (northern), 1500s serueable; Scottish pre-1700 seruabile, pre-1700 serueabill, pre-1700 servable.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French servable.

Etymology: < Middle French servable (15th cent.) < servir serve v.¹ + -able -able suffix. Compare serviable adj.

Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.

Ready or willing to serve; obedient.

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a1450 (c1400–25) H. Legat Serm. Passion in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 19 (MED) A seruaund þat is trewe & seruabil & dreful to greue or displesin his lord.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 379 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 106 Next ye souerane signe was sekerly sene That seruit his serenite euer seruabile The armes of ye dowglas.

1581 J. Merbecke Bk. of Notes 44 They be all serueable spirites sent for the health of the elect.

1626 J. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 178 I rest, Your loving and servable brother.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021).

† servableadj.²

Forms: 1600s seruable, 1600s–1700s servable.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin servābilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin servābilis capable of being saved, capable of being kept for a long time, long-lasting < servāre serve v.³ + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare slightly later preservable adj.

Obsolete. rare.

That may be kept or preserved. Cf. serve v.³ 1.Attested only in dictionaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserved or undestroyed > preserved from decay, loss, or destruction > capable of being preserved

conservable1592

servable1623

preservable1647

keepable1891

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. Seruable, which may be kept.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Servable, that may be kept or preserved. [Also in later dictionaries.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021).

servableadj.³

Brit.

/ˈsəːvəbl/, U.S.

/ˈsərvəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s– servable, 1800s– serveable (now nonstandard).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: serve v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < serve v.¹ + -able suffix.

That may be served (in various senses of serve v.¹).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [adjective] > worthy to be served

servable1831

1831 G. Price Attorney's Pract. Exchequer of Pleas ii. ix. 171 That peculiarity and the unrestrained nature of its service in being servable on the person wherever the party may be met with..as a general summons, have made this a most efficient writ.

1835 B. Montagu in R. J. Mackintosh Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh I. iv. 150 It was an easy and delightful task to him..to ‘serve’, in his own words, ‘a young man who was servable’.

1881 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. Mar. 462 If we seek to love and serve the greatest loveable and serveable thing on this earth.

1932 B. Lowe Exper. Cookery vii. 233 The most extensive work on determining the weight and amount of edible and servable meat with which the author is familiar is that of McElhinney.

2014 D. C. Phillips Encycl. Educ. Theory & Philos. I. 230/1 The interests of all students may not be servable all at the same time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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adj.²1623

adj.³1831

单词	servable
释义	† servableadj.¹ Forms: late Middle English seruabil (northern), 1500s serueable; Scottish pre-1700 seruabile, pre-1700 serueabill, pre-1700 servable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French servable. Etymology: < Middle French servable (15th cent.) < servir serve v.¹ + -able -able suffix. Compare serviable adj. Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. Ready or willing to serve; obedient. ΚΠ a1450 (c1400–25) H. Legat Serm. Passion in D. M. Grisdale 3 Middle Eng. Serm. (1939) 19 (MED) A seruaund þat is trewe & seruabil & dreful to greue or displesin his lord. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 379 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 106 Next ye souerane signe was sekerly sene That seruit his serenite euer seruabile The armes of ye dowglas. 1581 J. Merbecke Bk. of Notes 44 They be all serueable spirites sent for the health of the elect. 1626 J. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 178 I rest, Your loving and servable brother. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021). † servableadj.² Forms: 1600s seruable, 1600s–1700s servable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin servābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin servābilis capable of being saved, capable of being kept for a long time, long-lasting < servāre serve v.³ + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare slightly later preservable adj. Obsolete. rare. That may be kept or preserved. Cf. serve v.³ 1.Attested only in dictionaries. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [adjective] > preserved or undestroyed > preserved from decay, loss, or destruction > capable of being preserved conservable1592 servable1623 preservable1647 keepable1891 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. Seruable, which may be kept. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Servable, that may be kept or preserved. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021). servableadj.³ Brit. /ˈsəːvəbl/, U.S. /ˈsərvəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s– servable, 1800s– serveable (now nonstandard). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: serve v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < serve v.¹ + -able suffix. That may be served (in various senses of serve v.¹). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [adjective] > worthy to be served servable1831 1831 G. Price Attorney's Pract. Exchequer of Pleas ii. ix. 171 That peculiarity and the unrestrained nature of its service in being servable on the person wherever the party may be met with..as a general summons, have made this a most efficient writ. 1835 B. Montagu in R. J. Mackintosh Mem. Life Sir J. Mackintosh I. iv. 150 It was an easy and delightful task to him..to ‘serve’, in his own words, ‘a young man who was servable’. 1881 F. Harrison in 19th Cent. Mar. 462 If we seek to love and serve the greatest loveable and serveable thing on this earth. 1932 B. Lowe Exper. Cookery vii. 233 The most extensive work on determining the weight and amount of edible and servable meat with which the author is familiar is that of McElhinney. 2014 D. C. Phillips Encycl. Educ. Theory & Philos. I. 230/1 The interests of all students may not be servable all at the same time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹a1450adj.²1623adj.³1831
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