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25. To serve one right, to treat one as he deserves: often used interjectionally. Webb dated all his Grace's misfortunes from Wyn end all, and vowed that Fate served the traitor right. Thackeray , Henry Esmond, iii. 5. Workhouse funeral- serve him right ! Dickens , Pickwick, xlii. Have... given his mistre that confection Which I gave him for cordial, she is served As I would serve a rat. Shak . , Cymbeline, v. 5. 247. To serve one's self of, to avail one's self of; use. [A 12. To suffice; satisfy; content. IMG:content-0695.png:[blocks in formation]