Desert :: Desert (n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit..

Desert :: Desert (n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation..

Desert :: Desert (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place..

Desert :: Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island..

Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..

Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave; to forsake in violation of duty; to abscond from; as, to desert the army; to desert one's colors..

Desert :: Desert (v. i.) To abandon a service without leave; to quit military service without permission, before the expiration of one's term; to abscond..

Deserted :: Deserted (imp. & p. p.) of Deser.

Deserter :: Deserter (n.) One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion..

Desertful :: Desertful (a.) Meritorious.

Deserting :: Deserting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deser.

Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service..

Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion..

Desertion :: Desertion (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.

Desertless :: Desertless (a.) Without desert.

Desertlessly :: Desertlessly (adv.) Undeservedly.

Desertness :: Desertness (n.) A deserted condition.

Desertrice :: Desertrice (n.) A feminine deserter.

Desertrix :: Desertrix (n.) Alt. of Desertric.

Deserve :: Deserve (v. t.) 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..

Deserve :: Deserve (v. t.) To serve; to treat; to benefit.

Deserve :: Deserve (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.

Deserved :: Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of Deserv.

Deservedly :: Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.

Deservedness :: Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.

Deserver :: Deserver (n.) One who deserves.

Deserving :: Deserving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deserv.

Deserving :: Deserving (n.) Desert; merit.

Deserving :: Deserving (a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act..

Indesert :: Indesert (n.) Ill desert.

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