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Webster 1828 Edition


Merited

MER'ITED

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Earned; deserved.

Definition 2024


merited

merited

English

Adjective

merited

  1. deserved
    It was a merited reward.
    • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
      Maloney’s moment of magic ensured they did not. For Scotland, who produced the best of what cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome.

Verb

merited

  1. simple past tense and past participle of merit

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