deserve
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dɪˈzɜːv/]
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Senses
1. deserve (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
Example: After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
2. deserve (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To earn, win.
Example: That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue, / After long suit and weary seruicis, / Did aske me, how I could her loue deserue, / And how she might be sure, that I would neuer swerue.
3. deserve (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To reward, to give in return for service.
Example: Gramercy saide the kynge / & I lyue sir Lambegus I shal deserue hit / And thenne sir Lambegus armed hym / and rode after as fast as he myghte
Structure of the word
Roots:- ser (bind, Proto-Indo-European)
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