promerit

English

Etymology

From Latin promeritus, past participle of promerere (“to deserve”), from pro (“before”) + merere (“to merit”).

Verb

promerit (third-person singular simple present promerits, present participle promeriting, simple past and past participle promerited)

  1. (obsolete) To oblige; to confer a favour on.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete) To deserve; to procure by merit.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Davenant to this entry?)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for promerit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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