uppvakta — meaning in English

English meaning

• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• solicit verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
• woo verb To try to win someone's affection, love, or support.

Senses

uppvakta is used for these senses in English:

• serve (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
• solicit (transitive) To woo; to court.
• woo (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's affection/support.

serve — full definition

1. verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
2. verb To be useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
3. verb To officially deliver a legal document to someone.
4. verb To hit the ball first to start play in tennis, volleyball, and similar sports.
5. noun The act of putting the ball in play at the start of a point in tennis or similar sports.

solicit — full definition

1. verb To ask for or try to obtain something, often persistently or formally.
2. verb To offer sex for money, especially in public.

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