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TO SERVE THE TIME

Definition: TO SERVE THE TIME

TO SERVE THE TIME

1. To regulate one's actions by the requirements of the time instead of by one's duty; to be a timeserver. [Obs.] They think herein we serve the time, because thereby we either hold or seek preferment. --Hooker. Syn: To obey; minister to; subserve; promote; aid; help; assist; benefit; succor.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TO SERVE THE TIME

Language Translations for "TO SERVE THE TIME"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

opportunista (opportunist, opportunistic, trimmer, vicar of Bray), alkalmazkodik (accommodate, conform, suit, to comply with, to conform, to toe the line, to toe the mark). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ervesay ethay imetay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO SERVE THE TIME

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-h-i-m-o-r-s-t-t-t-v"

-4 letters: meteorites.

-5 letters: hermetist, meteorite, overtimes, serviette, thermites, thermoset, threesome, totemites.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO SERVE THE TIME


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      53 45 52 56 45      54 48 45      54 49 4D 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

            

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010011 01000101 01010010 01010110 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001001 01001101 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#83 &#69 &#82 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#73 &#77 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0053 0045 0052 0056 0045      0054 0048 0045      0054 0049 004D 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449253395256392544239254434739

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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