promerit

P3R1O1M3E1R1I1T1

verb

To oblige; to confer a favour on.

OriginLatin promeritus →
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Meanings

verbpromerit (third-person singular simple present promerits, present participle promeriting, simple past and past participle promerited)

present singular third person promerits · participle present promeriting · participle past promerited · past promerited

  1. obsoleteTo oblige; to confer a favour on.

    O God, while thou dost thus promerit us by thy Providence, let us not wrong thee by distrust

    1612–1634, [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. obsoleteTo 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

Origin

  1. Latinpromeritus
  2. Englishpromerit

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

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APA

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Chicago

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