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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 actDe-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.
If ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands. Judges 9.