Definition of deserve

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

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Deserved :: Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of Deserv.
Worthily :: Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
Merit :: Merit (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits..
Condign :: Condign (a.) Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Respectability :: Respectability (n.) The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
Reverence :: Reverence (n.) That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows.
Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To deserve; to earn.
Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.
Belong :: Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.
Deserve :: Deserve (v. t.) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
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..
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
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)..
At :: At (prep.) The relations of source, occasion, reason, consequence, or effect; as, at the sight; at this news; merry at anything; at this declaration; at his command; to demand, require, receive, deserve, endure at your hands..
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..
Premerit :: Premerit (v. t.) To merit or deserve beforehand.
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..
Deservedly :: Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
Deserve :: Deserve (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
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