Definition of deserve

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

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Least :: Least (adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others; as, to reward those who least deserve it..
Brook :: Brook (v. t.) To deserve; to earn.
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 (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
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..
Meed :: Meed (v. t.) To deserve; to merit.
Desertlessly :: Desertlessly (adv.) Undeservedly.
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..
Deservedness :: Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
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..
Worthily :: Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
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..
Gallows :: Gallows (n. sing.) A wretch who deserves the gallows.
Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
Reverence :: Reverence (n.) That which deserves or exacts manifestations of reverence; reverend character; dignity; state.
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..
Undeserve :: Undeserve (v. t.) To fail to deserve.
Deserve :: Deserve (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
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