Definition of Deserve
De`serve´
Pronunciation:
dė`zẽrv´
v. t.
1.
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
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Deserved
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Deserving
.]
God
exacteth
of
thee
less
than
thine
iniquity
deserveth
.
- Job xi. 6.
John
Gay
deserved
to
be
a
favorite
.
- Thackeray.
Encouragement
is
not
held
out
to
things
that
deserve
reprehension
.
- Burke.
2.
To
serve
;
to
treat
;
to
benefit
.
A
man
that
hath
So
well
deserved
me
.
- Massinger.
v. i.
1.
To
be
worthy
of
recompense
; -
usually
with
ill
or
with
well
.
One
man
may
merit
or
deserve
of
another
.
- South.
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