Definition of deserve

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

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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..
Belong :: Belong (v. t.) To be deserved by.
Deserved :: Deserved (imp. & p. p.) of Deserv.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert..
Deservedness :: Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.
Condign :: Condign (a.) Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime.
Desertlessly :: Desertlessly (adv.) Undeservedly.
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..
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..
Respectability :: Respectability (n.) The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect.
Meed :: Meed (v. t.) To deserve; to merit.
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..
Demerit :: Demerit (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
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..
Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
Tribute :: Tribute (n.) A personal contribution, as of money, praise, service, etc., made in token of services rendered, or as that which is due or deserved; as, a tribute of affection..
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)..
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..
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
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