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▪ I. † eˈmerit, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. ēmerit-us: see emeritus.]
Superannuated. In quots. used contemptuously. Also as quasi-n. Cf. emeritus.
1641W. Cartwright Ordinary i. v. (1651) 17 That old Emerit thing..that rotten Antiquary. a1643― Birth P'cess Eliz. (R.), The emerit ancient warbling priests. 1710Acc. Last Distemper of T. Whigg ii. 43 He scorn'd to..be thought an Emerite.
▪ II. † eˈmerit, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. L. ēmerit- ppl. stem of ēmerē-re, -ri, f. ē out + merēre, -ri to deserve, earn.]
trans. To obtain by service, deserve.
1648Fairfax, &c. Remonstrance 51 The persons that..shall have emerited their pardons. |