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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mer-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛr ɪt |
Definition of merited
Origin :- "well-earned," c.1600, past participle adjective from merit (v.).
- adj earned
- It arose from a consciousness of guilt, and a dread of merited punishment.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- Truth to tell he realized that he merited a rebuke for his lack of observation.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
- Of the few passers-by there was not one who merited a second glance or thought!
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- The lad sought to obey him with an alacrity that merited a kinder fate.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- Abd-er-Rahman (the Sultan, as he was called) merited this praise.
- Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
- How could I possibly have merited so great an honor, Mademoiselle?
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- For when alive they merited from God that their prayers should be heard after death.
- Extract from : « On Prayer and The Contemplative Life » by St. Thomas Aquinas
- Ay, I praise Heaven; and I have merited some love at his hands.
- Extract from : « King Henry the Fifth » by William Shakespeare
- I have always rushed at my fences, and have had the falls I merited.
- Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman
- But do you think you have merited the honour you would have me ask?
- Extract from : « The Arabian Nights » by Unknown
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