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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), verb (used with an object) [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.
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. --Job xi. 6.
John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray.
Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. --Burke.
2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
deserved \deserved\ adjective properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of {undeserved}.
Syn: due. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deserved
adjective: proper and appropriate; fitting; "richly deserved punishment"; "due esteem" [syn: {due}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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