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Warrant cards finally found in grass over towards the centre of Staveley
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deserve
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 13c., from Old French deservir (Modern French desservir ) "deserve, be worthy of, earn, merit," from Latin deservire "serve well," from de- "completely" (see de- ) + servire "to serve" (see serve ). From "be entitled to because of good service" (a ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have. 2 (context obsolete English) To earn, win. 3 (context obsolete English) To reward, to give in return for service.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done" [syn: merit ]
Usage examples of deserve.
Perhaps, on the whole, the ablest of the colored men who served with me in Congress, although each of the gentlemen I have named deserves high commendation, was John R.
Come, grant the Trojans victory after victory till the Achaean armies pay my dear son back, building higher the honor he deserves!
American struggle for independence hope for all humanity, and who, as Adams would long contend, never received the recognition they deserved.
When it was said he deserved to be known as the father of the American navy, Adams answered that he was father of enough as it was, with two sons, fourteen grandchildren, and five great grandchildren, all of whom required his attention and support.
I was beginning to understand my eccentric host, and, to flatter him, I answered that he praised me more than I deserved, and that my appetite was inferior to his.
Fear might drive him to the attempt now that he knew the manner of horrible pack that was upon his trail, and that Tarzan of the Apes was following him to wreak upon him the vengeance that he deserved.
I think Papa will agree that Arabella is a good girl, and deserves this indulgence more than any of you.
Their greatness alone, or their beauty, might deserve our attention: but they are rendered more interesting, by two important circumstances, which connect the agreeable history of the arts with the more useful history of human manners.
Alessandro Leto, who, barely recovered from a grave attack of influenza, kindly served as my guide among the archives of Assisi, deserves a very particular mention.
Claredon would give him the chance to start anew, to prove he deserved the overlordship of such a vast demesne on his own merits, despite his baseborn origins and the scandals that had surrounded him his life long.
The hell of it is that as they march him out in the smelly fatigues and the squelching boondockers they will call him Sir and they will treat him with the courtesy appropriate to a ranking officer even though he no longer deserves it.
There was a suspicion in the air that the admiral believed the opposite of his words: that the men of the Bucephalas had got what they deserved, and their captain along with them.
After the war is fought, yield the sleek Russian That which thou canst not keep, his deserved portion Of blood, which shall not flow through streets and fields, Rivers and seas, like that which we may win, But stagnate in the veins of Christian slaves!
These representations in modern capitals may deserve to be considered as a pure and elegant school of taste, and perhaps of virtue.
The cheaters are hip to hip in a tight row, six bare cheeks well deserving the ruler.