Formal Definition of SERVE?

[kking]

to render service to, to help, to assist, to act as a servant, render aid to

[camphor3]

Formal definition: to be a servant to; to assist; to promote the interests of; to meet the needs; to to wait on; provide goods or service; to act toward another person in a specified way.

[kingscreation]

The formal definitions for serve are:

to assist, to be of use, to be favorable, to give the service & respect due, to comply with the commands and demands of, and to perform the duties of.

[serve4life]

to assist, or to be devoted to someone in services ( to help someone)

[Lokey]

To give homage and obedience to

[lateesha]

To take care of; to wait on; to prepare and to supply; to complete a term of duty

[devoted]

To attend to, to help, to promote, to minister to, to care for, to nurture, to encourage, to make easy for, etc.

Serving is basicly making sure that the leaders basic needs are met emotionally (encouragement), spiritually (praying for them and ministering to them), mentally (perhaps sharing information, but really making sure their mind is freed up so they can focus on their role in ministry),  physically (food, water, etc.), so that they can give their ministry assignment their full attention.

[Angela Wilson]

 To be a servant ; to provide services that benefit or help; to answer the needs; to contribute and to give the service and respect due to (a superior);

[lisafleming29]

Websters Dictionary: 1.  To be a servant.; 2.  To give the service and respect due

[kmd212]

To work for.
b. To be a servant to.
2.
a. To prepare and offer (food, for example): serve tea.
b. To place food before (someone); wait on: served the guests a wonderful dinner.
3.
a. To provide goods and services for (customers): a hotel that has served tourists at the same location for 30 years.
b. To supply (goods or services) to customers. See Usage Note at service.
4. To assist the celebrant during (Mass).
5.
a. To meet the requirements of; suffice for: This will serve the purpose.
b. To be of assistance to or promote the interests of; aid: "Both major parties today seek to serve the national interest" John F. Kennedy.
6.
a. To work through or complete (a period of service): served four terms in Congress.
b. To be in prison for (a period or term): served 10 years for armed robbery.
7. To fight or undergo military service for: served the country for five years in the navy.
8. To give homage and obedience to: served God.
9. To act toward (another) in a specified way: She has served me ill.
10. To copulate with; service. Used of male animals.
11. Law
a. To deliver or present (a writ or summons).
b. To present such a writ to.
12. Sports To put (a ball or shuttlecock) in play, as in tennis, badminton, or jai alai.
13. To bind or whip (a rope) with fine cord or wire.
v.intr.
1. To be employed as a servant.
2. To do a term of duty: serve in the U.S. Air Force; serve on a jury.
3. To act in a particular capacity: serve as a clerk.
4. To be of service or use; function: Let this incident serve as a reminder to future generations.
5. To meet requirements or needs; satisfy: a device that will serve well.
6. To wait on tables: serve at luncheon.
7. Sports To put a ball or shuttlecock into play, as in court games.
8. To assist the celebrant during Mass.
n. Sports
The right, manner, or act of serving in many court games.
Phrasal Verb:
serve up Baseball
To pitch (a ball) over the middle of home plate, where it is likely to be hit hard.
Idiom:
serve (someone) right
To be deserved under the circumstances: Punish him; it will serve him right for what he has done to you.

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[Middle English serven, from Old French servir, from Latin servre, from servus, slave.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.


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serve
Verb
[serving, served]
1. to be of service to (a person, community, or cause); help
2. to perform an official duty or duties: he served on several university committees
3. to attend to (customers) in a shop
4. to provide (guests) with food or drink: he served dinner guests German wine
5. to provide (food or drink) for customers: breakfast is served from 7 am
6. to provide with something needed by the public: the community served by the school
7. to work as a servant for (a person)
8. to go through (a period of police or military service, apprenticeship, or imprisonment)
9. to meet the needs of: they serve a purpose
10. to perform a function: the attacks only served to strengthen their resolve
11. (of a male animal) to mate with (a female animal)
12. Tennis, squash, etc. to put (the ball) into play
13. to deliver (a legal document) to (a person)
14. serve someone right Informal to be what someone deserves, esp. for doing something stupid or wrong
Noun
 As an armor bearer to serve is to do anything that supports the leadership.

[veradb4017]

I am nothing, yet it's all about the desires of who I serve.

[mmashan01]

To act as a servant.      To render assistance; be of use; help.  To be in the service of; work for.  To be useful or of service to; help.  To render obedience or homage to (God, a sovereign, etc.).  To contribute to; promote.  To provide with a regular or continuous supply of something.  To gratify (desire, wants, needs, etc.). 

[louise]

3.What's the formal definition of serve?

I believe that there is no formal definition of the word "serve." there are however, implications to it. SERVE is not for one self's gain but for the satisfaction of the person being served. SERVE is a realization that the person being served deserves what is best, that any shortcoming is a reflection of how the service was rendered. SERVE is an act not a mere term.

[Ouida_23]

The formal definition of SERVE: attend to, minister to, care for help, be of use, assist, benefit, promote, support, make easy for, nourish,and encourage.

[APrayingWoman]

To attend to, minister to, care for, help, be of use, assist, benefit, promote, support, make easy for, nourish and encourage.