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Webster 1913 Edition


Deserving

De-serv′ing

,
Noun.
Desert; merit.
A person of great
deservings
from the republic.
Swift.

De-serv′ing

,
Adj.
Meritorious; worthy;
as, a
deserving
person or act
.
De-serv′ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Deserving

DESERVING

,
ppr.
1.
Meriting; having a just claim to reward; justly meriting punishment.
2.
Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious; possessed of good qualities that entitle to approbation; as a deserving officer.

DESERVING

,
Noun.
The act of meriting; desert; merit.
If ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands. Judges 9.

Definition 2024


deserving

deserving

English

Adjective

deserving (comparative more deserving, superlative most deserving)

  1. worthy of reward or praise; meritorious
    the deserving poor
  2. meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)

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Antonyms

Noun

deserving (plural deservings)

  1. desert, merit
    • Jonathan Swift
      A person of great deservings from the republic.

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Verb

deserving

  1. present participle of deserve