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promerits

promerits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of promerit.

Meaning of promerit

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

Questions about promerits

What is promerits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Promerits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of promerit.

Words near promerits in the dictionary

  1. promeristematic
  2. promeristems
  3. promerit
  4. promerited
  5. promeriting
  6. promerits
  7. promeropid
  8. promeropids
  9. promesonotal
  10. promesonotum
  11. promession

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