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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deserved}; p. pr & vb n. {Deserving}.] [OF. deservir, desservir to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to de- + servire to serve. See {Serve}.] 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. 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. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me --Massinger. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. i. To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well One man may merit or deserve of another. --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deserve v : be worthy of or have a certain rating [syn: {rate}, {merit}]
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