servileSERV'ILE, a. [L. servilis, from servio, to serve.] 1. Such as pertains to a servant or slave; slavish; mean; such as proceeds from dependence; as servile fear; servile obedience. 2. Held in subjection; dependent. Ev'n fortune rules no more a servile land. Pope. 3. Cringing; fawning; meanly submissive; as servile flattery. She must bend the servile knee. Thomson. |