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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

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.

Verb.

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.