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being servile; servileness. To be a queen in bondage is more vile Than is a slave in base servility. Shak.

pirit; abasement; degradation. That this should be termed baseness, abjection of mind, or servility, is it credible Hooker.

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

A woman who flatters with servility.

Literal. [Obs.] "Alphabetical servility." Milton.

To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant. To come as humbly as they used to creep. Shak.

To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn. When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan. Sly hypocri…

Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely.

Quality of being servile; servility.

To act in a stealthy and cowardly manner; to behave with meanness and servility; to crouch.

al fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley. There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.

Obsequious flattery; servility. The sycophancy of A.Philips had prejudiced Mr. Addison against Pope. Bp. Warburton.

Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility. [R.] Bailey.