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premerit

premerit verb: to merit or deserve beforehand.

Verb

premerit (third-person singular simple present premerits, present participle premeriting, simple past and past participle premerited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To merit or deserve beforehand.

Forms of premerit

third-person singular presentpremerits
present participlepremeriting
past participlepremerited
pastpremerited

Origin of premerit

From pre- + merit.

Questions about premerit

What does premerit mean?
Premerit means to merit or deserve beforehand.
What part of speech is premerit?
Premerit is a verb.
What is the past tense of premerit?
The past tense of premerit is premerited.

Words near premerit in the dictionary

  1. premental
  2. prementioned
  3. prementum
  4. Premer
  5. premerger
  6. premerit
  7. premerited
  8. premeriting
  9. premerits
  10. premessianic
  11. premetaconule

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