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Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.

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Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary.

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Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing…

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Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing…

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Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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To let down; to lower.

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To let down; to lower.

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To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.

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To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.

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Pertaining to, or characterized by, implements or their use; mechanical.

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Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the bus…

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Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great.

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Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

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