meriter

merit +‎ -er

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹɪtɚ/

meriter (plural meriters)

1. Someone or something that merits.
   • 1612, Thomas Taylor, A commentarie vpon the Epistle of S. Paul written to Titus‎, L. Greene, page 650:

     Not that it is not wrought as well by the other persons, beeing a worke without themselues: for the Father reneweth as beeing the foundation and fountaine not of the Deitie alone, but of all diuine actions and good things whatsoeuer: and the Son reneweth as the Mediator and meriter of it.

   • 1654, Richard Baxter, Rich Baxters Apology Against the Modest Exceptions of Mr T. Blake and the Digression of Mr G. Kendall, London: T. Underbill and F. Tyton, page 6:

     If receiving Chriſt as a Satisfier and Meriter, be the only faith that gives right to Juſtification, then on the ſame grounds you muſt ſay, It is the only faith that gives right to further Sanctification and to Glorification : For Chriſt Merited one as well as the other.

   • 1657, Francis Bacon, A Confession of the Faith, London: F. Leach, pages 120–1:

     That Iesus the Lord, became, in the Flesh, a Sacrificer, and Sacri­fice for Sin; A Satisfaction, and Price, to the Iustice, of God; A Me­riter, of Glory, and the Kingdom […]

• trireme

meriter

1. to merit

meriter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of meritō

meriter

1. to merit; to deserve

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

meriter

1. to merit; to deserve

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

meriter

1. indefinite plural of merit