5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Deserving \De*serv"ing\, n. Desert; merit. [1913 Webster] A person of great deservings from the republic. --Swift. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. --Job xi. 6. [1913 Webster] John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Deserving \De*serv"ing\, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- {De*serv"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: deserving adj : having sufficient worth; "an idea worth considering"; "a cause deserving or meriting support"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically) [syn: {deserving(p)}, {meriting(p)}, {worth(p)}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 24 Moby Thesaurus words for "deserving": admirable, ascribable, attributable, beyond all praise, comeuppance, commendable, creditable, deserts, due, entitled to, estimable, exemplary, laudable, merit, merited, meriting, meritorious, model, praiseworthy, rights, unexceptionable, well-deserving, worthy, worthy of
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