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DESERVE

\dɪzˈɜːv], \dɪzˈɜːv], \d_ɪ_z_ˈɜː_v]\

Definitions of DESERVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To serve; to treat; to benefit.
To be worthy of recompense; - usually with ill or with well.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To serve; to treat; to benefit.
To be worthy of recompense; - usually with ill or with well.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To earn by service; be worthy of; to merit.
To be worthy or deserving; usually with well or ill.
Deserver.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To earn by service: to merit.
To be worthy of reward.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To earn by service; merit.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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