Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SERV'ICE-A-BLE
SERV'ICE-A-BLE, a.
- That does service; that promotes happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful; beneficial; advantageous. Rulers may be very serviceable to religion by their example. The attentions of my friends were very serviceable to me when abroad. Rain and manure are serviceable to land.
- Active; diligent; officious. I know thee well, a serviceable villain. [Unusual.] – Shak.
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