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deserving
(encz) | deserving,zásluha n: Zdeněk Brož |
deserving
(encz) | deserving,zasluhování n: Zdeněk Brož |
deserving
(encz) | deserving,zasluhující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Deserving
(gcide) | Deserving \De*serv"ing\, n.
Desert; merit.
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A person of great deservings from the republic.
--Swift.
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Deserving
(gcide) | 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.
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God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity
deserveth. --Job xi. 6.
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John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray.
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Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve
reprehension. --Burke.
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2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
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A man that hath
So well deserved me. --Massinger.
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Deserving
(gcide) | Deserving \De*serv"ing\, a.
Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. --
De*serv"ing*ly, adv.
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deserving
(wn) | deserving
adj 1: worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea
worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used
ironically) [syn: deserving, worth(p)] |
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deserving
(encz) | deserving,zásluha n: Zdeněk Broždeserving,zasluhování n: Zdeněk Broždeserving,zasluhující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
deservingly
(encz) | deservingly, |
deservingness
(encz) | deservingness, n: |
undeserving
(encz) | undeserving,nehodný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
undeserving of
(encz) | undeserving of, adj: |
Deservingly
(gcide) | Deserving \De*serv"ing\, a.
Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. --
De*serv"ing*ly, adv.
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Undeserving
(gcide) | Undeserving \Undeserving\
See deserving. |
deserving
(wn) | deserving
adj 1: worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea
worth considering"; "the deserving poor" (often used
ironically) [syn: deserving, worth(p)] |
deservingness
(wn) | deservingness
n 1: the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving
assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness
he recognized and rewarded" [syn: deservingness, merit,
meritoriousness] |
undeserving
(wn) | undeserving
adj 1: not deserving; "the undeserving poor" [syn:
undeserving, unworthy] |
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