服す

Meaning

1. v5svi
   to obey; to submit to; to yield to; to accept; to abide by
2. v5svi
   to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.)
3. v5svi
   to go into (mourning); to observe
4. v5svt
   to take (medicine, poison, etc.); to drink (tea)

Example sentences

• その囚人は刑期に服した後赦免された。

  The convict was pardoned after serving his sentence.