Deserve
31deserve — [13] Latin dēservīre meant ‘serve well or enthusiastically’ (it was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē and servīre ‘serve’). Hence in late Latin it came to mean ‘become entitled to because of meritorious service’, a sense which… …
32deserve — v. a. Fragm. Sci. 371 …
33deserve — de·serve || dɪ zÉœËv v. be worthy of, have a right to …
34deserve — severed …
35deserve — earnian …
36deserve — verb do something or show qualities worthy of (a reward or punishment as appropriate). Derivatives deserved adjective deservedly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. deservir, from L. deservire serve well or zealously …
37deserve — v. a. Merit, be worthy of, be entitled to …
38deserve — verb the book deserves our greatest praise Syn: merit, earn, warrant, rate, justify, be worthy of, be entitled to, have a right to, be qualified for …
39deserve — v merit, be worthy of, be qualified for; earn, be entitled to, have a right to, have a claim to; have [s.t.] coming to one …
40deserve — de·serve …