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merited, ppl. a.|ˈmɛrɪtɪd|
[f. merit v. + -ed1.]
Deserved; well-earned.
1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iii i. 206, I doe make my selfe beleeue that you may most vprighteously do a poor wronged Lady a merited benefit. 1787F. Burney Diary 19 Aug., Seeing me the only person punished by her merited resentment. 1800Proc. E. Ind. Ho. in Asiat. Ann. Reg. 149/2 A well merited compliment to the abilities and integrity of Sir Thomas Strange. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 412 To secure to New Lanark mills a merited celebrity. 1887Athenæum 19 Feb. 251/2 Mr. Hall has acquired a merited reputation.
Hence ˈmeritedly adv., deservedly.
1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Wars 95 Meritedly therefore, they desire an equal share of Liberty. 1857Hooper Chapman's Iliad Introd. 8 Many of these were of mushroom growth, and have meritedly sunk into oblivion. |