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promerit en · VERB

Etymology

From Latin promeritus, past participle of promerere (“to deserve”), from pro (“before”) + merere (“to merit”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) To oblige; to confer a favour on.
   • O God, while thou dost thus promerit us by thy Providence, let us not wrong thee by distrust 1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC:
2. (obsolete) To deserve; to procure by merit.
   • Beneficence and communication do not forget, for with such hostes God is promerited. 1582, Gregory Martin, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, Hebrews 13:

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