1.
[syn: merited, deserved]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
deserved \deserved\ adj.
properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of
undeserved.
Syn: due. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Deserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir,
desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be
devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either
good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the
laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves
praise.
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God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity
deserveth. --Job xi. 6.
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John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray.
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Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve
reprehension. --Burke.
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2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
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A man that hath
So well deserved me. --Massinger.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deserved
adj 1: properly deserved; "a merited success" [syn: merited,
deserved] [ant: unmerited]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "deserved":
appropriate, balanced, condign, defensible, due, earned, entitled,
equitable, even, evenhanded, fair, fair and square, fit, fitting,
good, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, level, meet,
meet and right, merited, proper, qualified, requisite, right,
right and proper, rightful, square, suitable, warrantable,
warranted, well-earned, worthy