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meriteth

meriteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of merit.

Meaning of merit

Verb

merit (third-person singular simple present merits, present participle meriting, simple past and past participle merited)

  1. (transitive) To deserve, to earn.
    • Her performance merited wild applause.
    Synonyms:
    bear
  2. (intransitive) To be deserving or worthy.
    • They were punished as they merited.
  3. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To reward.
    • Thus charg’d thy sire, which thou forgett’st: yet now those thoughts appease / That torture thy great spirit with wrath; which if thou wilt give surcease, / The king will merit it with gifts ; and if thou wilt give ear / I’ll tell you how much he offers thee:—yet thou sitt’st angry here.[1611?], Homer, “Book IX”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new...

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Origin of meriteth

merit + -eth

Questions about meriteth

What is meriteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Meriteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of merit.

Words near meriteth in the dictionary

  1. meritedly
  2. meritedness
  3. meriter
  4. meriters
  5. meritest
  6. meriteth
  7. meritful
  8. merithal
  9. merithalli
  10. merithallus
  11. merithals

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