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| VERB: | 1. To perform the duties of another: act, function, officiate. See DO, SUBSTITUTE. 2. To be an advantage to: advantage, avail, benefit, profit. Archaic : boot2. Idioms: stand someone in good stead. See HELP. 3. To meet a need or requirement: answer, do, suffice, suit. See EXCESS, HELP. 4. To place food before (someone): wait on or (upon). See INGESTION. 5. To spend or complete (time), as a prison term: put in. Informal : do. See TIME. 6. To work and care for: attend, do for, minister to, wait on or (upon). See CARE FOR.
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