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deserve

de·serve [ di zúrv ] (past and past participle de·served, present participle de·serv·ing, 3rd person present singular de·serves)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
merit: to have earned or be worthy of something

[13th century. Via Old French deservir< Latin deservire "serve well" < servire (see serve)]

de·served adjective
de·serv·er noun
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