Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Disserve

Dis-serve′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disserved
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disserving
.]
[Pref.
dis-
+
serve
: cf. F.
desservir
.]
To fail to serve; to do injury or mischief to; to damage; to hurt; to harm.
Have neither served nor
disserved
the interests of any party.
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Disserve

DISSERVE

,
Verb.
T.
disserv. [dis and serve.] To injure; to hurt; to harm; to do injury or mischief to.
He took the first opportunity to disserve him.
Too much zeal often disserves a good cause.

Definition 2024

disserve

disserve

English

Verb

disserve ‎(third-person singular simple present disserves, present participle disserving, simple past and past participle disserved)

  1. To treat poorly; to do a disservice to
    • 1988 August 12, Michael Miner, “Cop and Writer; Manhandling the Sun-Times”, in Chicago Reader:
      They are an excellent group of journalists, and over the last five years the executives manhandling their newspaper have disserved them at every turn.

Anagrams

Etymology

dis- +‎ serve

Similar Results