premerit

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verb

To merit or deserve beforehand.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

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

present singular third person premerits · participle present premeriting · participle past premerited · past premerited

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo merit or deserve beforehand.

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Chicago

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