deserve
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deserve
- /dɪˈzɜːv/ Australia, UK
- /dɪˈzɝv/ US
- /dəˈzɝv/ US
- /dɪˈzɑːv/ Northumbria
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)v
Where it comes from
From Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin dēserviō, from dē- + serviō.
verb deserves · deserving · deserved
- To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have. After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
- To earn, win. That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue, / After long suit and weary seruicis, / Did aske me, how I could her loue deserue, / And how she might be sure, that I would neuer swerue.
- To reward, to give in return for service. Gramercy saide the kynge / & I lyue sir Lambegus I shal deserue hit / And thenne sir Lambegus armed hym / and rode after as fast as he myghte
- To serve; to treat; to benefit. c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman A man that hath / So well deserved me.
Similar: merit, brook, deserve, earn, garner, reap, win, be worthy of
