Meriting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Merit \Mer"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Merited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Meriting}.] [F. m['e]riter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr.
     merere. See {Merit}, n.]
     1. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to
        claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a
        bad sense; as, to merit punishment. "This kindness merits


        thanks." --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  meriting
       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)}]