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promerit

promerit verb: to oblige; to confer a favour on.

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.
    • O God, while thou dost thus promerit us by thy Providence, let us not wrong thee by distrust1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) To deserve; to procure by merit.
    • Beneficence and communication do not forget, for with such hostes God is promerited.1582, Gregory Martin, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, Hebrews 13

Forms of promerit

third-person singular presentpromerits
present participlepromeriting
past participlepromerited
pastpromerited

Origin of promerit

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

Questions about promerit

What does promerit mean?
Promerit means to oblige; to confer a favour on.
What part of speech is promerit?
Promerit is a verb.
What is the past tense of promerit?
The past tense of promerit is promerited.

Words near promerit in the dictionary

  1. promercantile
  2. promerger
  3. promeristem
  4. promeristematic
  5. promeristems
  6. promerit
  7. promerited
  8. promeriting
  9. promerits
  10. promeropid
  11. promeropids

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