Definition of deserve

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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..

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Undeserver :: Undeserver (n.) One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.
Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not)..
Desertlessly :: Desertlessly (adv.) Undeservedly.
Deservedly :: Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
Deservedness :: Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.
Deserve :: Deserve (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
Worthily :: Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows.
Deserver :: Deserver (n.) One who deserves.
Wrong :: Wrong (v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure..
Recompense :: Recompense (v. t.) To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved..
Respectability :: Respectability (n.) The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
Belong :: Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.
Merit :: Merit (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment..
Deserved :: Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of Deserv.
Demerit :: Demerit (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
Meed :: Meed (v. t.) To deserve; to merit.
Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels..
Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..
Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To deserve; to earn.
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