Deserve(v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
Deserve(v. t.) To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.
Deserve(v. t.) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
Deserved(imp. & p. p.) of Deserve
Deservedly(adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
Deserver(n.) One who deserves.
Deserving(a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.
Deserving(n.) Desert; merit.
Deserving(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deserve
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