About The Word Deserve
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Deserve
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What's The Definition Of Deserve?
[v] be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deserve: merit | rate Related Terms | Find terms related to Deserve: See Also | be Deserve In Webster's Dictionary \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Deserved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deserving}.] [OF. deservir,
desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be
devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See {Serve}.]
1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either
good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the
laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves
praise.
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity
deserveth. --Job xi. 6.
John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray.
Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve
reprehension. --Burke.
2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger.
\De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. i. To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well. One man may merit or deserve of another. --South. |
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