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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Deserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir,
     desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be
     devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity
              deserveth.                            --Job xi. 6.
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              John Gay deserved to be a favorite.   --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve
              reprehension.                         --Burke.
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     2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
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              A man that hath
              So well deserved me.                  --Massinger.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  deserve \de*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. i.
     To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           One man may merit or deserve of another. --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Deserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir,
     desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be
     devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
     1. 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.
  
              God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity
              deserveth.                            --Job xi. 6.
  
              John Gay deserved to be a favorite.   --Thackeray.
  
              Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve
              reprehension.                         --Burke.
  
     2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.]
  
              A man that hath So well deserved me.  --Massinger.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Deserve \De*serve"\ (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. i.
     To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
  
           One man may merit or deserve of another. --South.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  deserve
       v : be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all
           the hard work you have done" [syn: merit]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deserve
     Αγγλικά vb.
     αξίζω, πρέπει

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deserve
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to
  be worthy to have.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  deserve
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to
  be worthy to have.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  deserve
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to
  be worthy to have.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  deserve
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to
  be worthy to have.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deserve
     Englanti vb.
     ansaita, saada (''seurauksena jostakin'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  deserve
     Engelska vb.
     förtjäna

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  deserve /dɪzˈɜːv/
  verdien

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Deserve /dɪzˈɜːv/
  إستحقّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  deserve //dɪˈzɜːv// //dɪˈzɝv// 
  заслу́жа, заслужа́вам
  to merit