demeritn.

/dɪˈmɛrɪt/

Etymology: < French démérite, or < Latin dēmeritum , < participial stem of Latin dēmerērī to merit, deserve, < de- prefix 1c + merērī to deserve, meritum desert, merit. In Romanic the prefix appears to have been taken in a privative sense (de- prefix 1f), hence medieval Latin dēmeritum fault, Italian demerito, French démérite (14th cent. in Littré) ‘desert, merite, deseruing; also (the contrarie) a disseruice, demerite, midseed..(in which sence it is most commonly used at this day)’, Cotgrave.

†1.

a. Merit, desert, deserving (in a good or indifferent sense). Frequently in plural. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > deserving (good or ill) > that which is deserved

i-wurhtc888

addlingc1175

wrightc1175

meritc1230

desert1393

demerit1399

condignity1653

comeuppance1859

1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 424/1 Your owne Wordes..that ye were not worthy..ne able, for to governe for your owne Demerites.

1447 Will of Hen. VI in Carter King's Coll. Chapel i. 13 His most fereful and last dome when every man shal..be examined and demed after his demeritees.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiv. 91 A mercyfull god and pyteous wylle retrybue hym iustely alle after his demeryte.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clj^v For his demerites, called the good duke of Gloucester.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke 3 a Your demerites are so ferre aboue all prayses of man.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 233 Worldly happines beyond all reason and demerit.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 272 Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius.

1632 J. Hayward in tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena Ep. Ded. sig. A iij^v Considering your known noble demerits, and princely courtesie.

1731 Gay in Swift's Lett. in Wks. (1841) II. 665 Envy not the demerits of those who are most conspicuously distinguished.

†b. That by which one obtains merit; a meritorious or deserving act. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > merit > [noun] > act

demerit1548

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. What thanks then..for these his notable demerits ought our Protector to receive of his?

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 456 It is reputed a singular demerit and gracious act, not to kill a citizen of Rome.

1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 8 The first atchiever in any stock whatever, was a new man ennobled for some demerit.

a. Desert in a bad sense: quality deserving blame or punishment; ill-desert; censurable conduct: opposed to merit. In later use, sometimes, deficiency or want of merit.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun]

misgovernancec1375

misleadinga1387

misusing1395

misbearinga1400

misordinancea1400

misdraughtc1450

misgovernmentc1450

misbehaving1451

misguiding1480

misbehaviour1486

misdemeaning1487

misgoverning1487

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

misordera1513

misordering1526

misusage1532

misdemean1579

miscarriage1594

misguide1596

delinquency1603

demeanour1681

misconduct1717

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun]

fiend-thewsc1275

misgovernancec1375

misusing1395

misrule?1406

misgovernmentc1450

misguiding1480

thowlessness1489

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

prevarication1561

misguide1596

malconduct1684

misconduct1717

malversation1752

misdealing1851

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. x^v To assemble these foles in one bonde, And theyr demerites worthely to note.

1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) i. §53 The one being so far beyond our deserts, the other so infinitely below our demerits.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 193 The least Sin is of infinite Demerit; because it breaketh the Union between God and the Soul.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 117 Mine is the Merit, the Demerit thine.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 157 God teach me Humility, and to know my own Demerit!

1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn xi. 389 It is no demerit in Penn that he did not at once see the evil.

1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism (1878) I. 357 The rationalistic doctrine of personal merit and demerit.

†b. A blameworthy act, sin, offence. (Almost always in plural). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun]

misdeedeOE

guilt971

evilOE

follya1275

trespassc1290

errorc1330

illa1340

untetchea1375

offencec1384

crimec1390

forfeit1393

faultc1400

demerit1485

disorder1581

misfeasancea1626

misactiona1667

trespassage1874

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence

sinc825

guilt971

man deedOE

evilOE

misbodea1200

follya1275

unthrift1303

misbreydec1380

offencec1384

crimec1390

forfeit1393

felonya1400

faultc1400

misfeatc1400

feat1481

demerit1485

misdemeanoura1513

facta1533

piaculum1575

miscarriage1579

delinquishment1593

delinquency1603

piacle1644

amissness1648

peccancy1648

1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 4 Priests..culpable, or by their Demerits openly reported of incontinent living in their Bodies.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxiiii Some there were that for theyr demerytys were adiugyd to perpetuall Prysone.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 21 That samyn boreau, is stikkit or hangit eftiruart for his cruel demeritis.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 228 Not for their owne demerits, but for mine Fell slaughter on their soules.

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xxxviii. 41 in Wks. (1640) III There is no Father that for one demerit, Or two, or three, a Sonne will dis-inherit.

c. transferred. As a quality of things: Fault, defect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness

defection1526

faultiness1530

lameness1530

defecta1538

badness1539

defectuosity1602

defectiveness1603

defectibilitya1617

shortness1644

defectuousness1654

defectability1662

demerit1832

wonkiness1982

1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms vi. 62 The merits or demerits of hereditary royalty.

1855 R. C. Singleton in tr. Virgil Wks. I. Pref. p. ii Which has, it may be, the demerit of being new.

†3. That which is merited (esp. for ill doing); desert; punishment deserved. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [noun] > deserved or due

guiltc1275

warison?a1366

mercementa1387

demerit1621

1621 A. Cade Serm. Nature of Conscience 12 But Ahab..had quickly his demerits, being destroyed, and al his seed.

1728 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 393 Many members of the Assembly thought deposition the demerit of what was already found.

4. A penalty mark awarded as a punishment for misconduct, poor work, etc., esp. in schools or the Services; a ‘black’ mark. Also demerit mark, demerit point. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > censure or condemnation > mark of

black coal1525

theta1603

note1605

black mark1624

demerit mark1862

strike1938

1862 G. C. Strong Cadet Life at West Point 150 The more immediate penalty is the demerit.

1877 R. J. Burdette Rise & Fall of Mustache 311 Got three demerit marks for drawing a picture of her [sc. a teacher].

1903 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 3/3 The smallest breach of any one of them [sc. military regulations] is visited by a ‘demerit’ mark.

1966 D. Bagley Wyatt's Hurricane ii. 40 There have been a few cases, you know, mostly among the enlisted men, and they've got shipped back to the States with a big black demerit to spend a year or two in the stockade.

1976 N.Z. Financial Times 10 Dec. 18/1 Demerit points are recorded against an employee for unsatisfactory work attendance.

1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 43/2 The process..has its uncomfortable aspects: rules, parietals, demerits, and disciplinary action.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

demeritv.

/dɪˈmɛrɪt/

Etymology: < Latin dēmerit-, participial stem of dēmerērī to deserve (see demerit n.); partly after French démériter (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), to merit disapproval, fail to merit.

†1.

a. transitive. To merit, deserve, be worthy of (good or evil; sometimes spec. the latter, and opposed to merit). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill)

earnOE

of-earna1200

ofservec1225

serve?a1300

servec1300

asservec1325

ofgo1340

deservea1400

demerit1539

promerit1581

be-earn1596

supererogate?1624

emerit1648

rate1906

1539 J. Husee Let. 12 Jan. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/5/19) f. 28 The Caytiff..shall Suffre suche paynes as he hathe dymerytid.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 5 If I have demerited any love or thanke.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 7 Any matter or meanes demeriting the fauour of God.

1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. sig. B7 These are the Subiects which demerit blame.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Bbbb^v Those that compose..Antidotaries..think they demerit much praise.

1711 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. I (1863) x. 283 Such sentence..as the nature of your crime shall demerit.

†b. To obtain by merit, to earn (favour, love, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > by merit

deservec1440

demerit1555

meed1613

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 25^v They browght with them..to demerite the fauour of owre men, great plentie of vytayles.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xv. 643/2 His Princely desire to aduance their weale, and demerit their loue.

1625 T. Godwin Romanae Historiae Anthologia (new ed.) ii. iii. x. 99 Noblemen..sometimes, to demerit the Emperour his love, endangered their lives in this fight.

†c. To earn favour of (a person). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)]

court1590

demerit1597

win1616

to gain on or upon1640

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxix. 389 A Priest of Baall will cut and launce his owne flesh to demerite his idoll.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 5 The likeliest things to demerit God: as workes of righteousnesse.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 31 To demerit by all courtesie the men of meaner Rank.

†a. To deprive of merit, to take away the merit of, disparage. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)]

littleeOE

low1340

dispraisec1386

minish1402

deroge1427

detractc1449

descryc1450

detrayc1475

dismerit1484

decline1509

vilipend1509

disprize?1518

disable1528

derogatea1530

elevate1541

disparagea1556

detrect1563

debase1565

demerit1576

vilify1586

disgrace1589

detracta1592

besparage1592

enervate1593

obtrect1595

extenuate1601

disvalue1605

disparagon1610

undervalue1611

avile1615

debaucha1616

to cry down1616

debate1622

decry1641

atomize1645

underrate1646

naucify1653

dedignify1654

stuprate1655

de-ample1657

dismagn1657

slur1660

voguec1661

depreciate1666

to run down1671

baffle1674

lacken1674

sneer1706

diminish1712

substract1728

down1780

belittle1789

carbonify1792

to speak scorn of1861

to give one a back-cap1903

minoritize1947

mauvais langue1952

rubbish1953

down-talk1959

marginalize1970

marginate1970

trash1975

neg1987

1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. C.iiii Fayth by her owne dignytie and worthynesse, doeth not demeryte justice and righteousnesse.

a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge i. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. G5^v My lofty Widdow, Who, if that I had dignity, hath promis'd T'accept my Person, will be hence demerited.

b. To lower in status by giving an unfavourable assessment of conduct. U.S.

ΚΠ

1895 Cent. Mag. Oct. 843/2 He stands a fair chance of being demerited and punished until his hope of release before he is of age is almost extinguished.

3. To fail to merit; to deserve to lose or be without.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > fail to deserve

undeserve1621

dismerit1622

demerit1654

disdeserve1668

misdeserve1672

1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iii. 217 Wherein hath the unfortunate Doricia demerited thy affections?

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxxii. 208 A blessing that once was designed for him and which he is not accused of demeriting by misbehaviour.

1865 R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. §47 (1876) 163 It is unearned and unmerited, or indeed demerited, as the faithful man will most freely acknowledge.

†4.

a. intransitive. To incur demerit or guilt; to merit disapproval or blame, deserve ill. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > merit disapproval

demerit1604

dismerit1622

1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. iii. 122 The soules in Purgatory may meritt and demeritt; nor are sure yet of their saluation.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. ii. sig. I3^v I will be tender to his reputation, How euer he demerit .

1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 25 For us, who deserved nothing from him, who had demerited so much against him.

a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 96 For he was..the kings servant already, and had not demerited.

†b. transitive. To earn or incur in the way of demerit.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > by demerit

demerit1635

1635 R. Shelford Five Pious Disc. 140 (T.) Adam demerited but one sin to his posterity, viz. original, which cannot be augmented.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	demerit
释义	demeritn. /dɪˈmɛrɪt/ Etymology: < French démérite, or < Latin dēmeritum , < participial stem of Latin dēmerērī to merit, deserve, < de- prefix 1c + merērī to deserve, meritum desert, merit. In Romanic the prefix appears to have been taken in a privative sense (de- prefix 1f), hence medieval Latin dēmeritum fault, Italian demerito, French démérite (14th cent. in Littré) ‘desert, merite, deseruing; also (the contrarie) a disseruice, demerite, midseed..(in which sence it is most commonly used at this day)’, Cotgrave. †1. a. Merit, desert, deserving (in a good or indifferent sense). Frequently in plural. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > deserving (good or ill) > that which is deserved i-wurhtc888 addlingc1175 wrightc1175 meritc1230 desert1393 demerit1399 condignity1653 comeuppance1859 1399 Rolls of Parl. III. 424/1 Your owne Wordes..that ye were not worthy..ne able, for to governe for your owne Demerites. 1447 Will of Hen. VI in Carter King's Coll. Chapel i. 13 His most fereful and last dome when every man shal..be examined and demed after his demeritees. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiv. 91 A mercyfull god and pyteous wylle retrybue hym iustely alle after his demeryte. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clj^v For his demerites, called the good duke of Gloucester. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke 3 a Your demerites are so ferre aboue all prayses of man. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 233 Worldly happines beyond all reason and demerit. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. i. 272 Opinion that so stickes on Martius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward in tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena Ep. Ded. sig. A iij^v Considering your known noble demerits, and princely courtesie. 1731 Gay in Swift's Lett. in Wks. (1841) II. 665 Envy not the demerits of those who are most conspicuously distinguished. †b. That by which one obtains merit; a meritorious or deserving act. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > merit > [noun] > act demerit1548 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. What thanks then..for these his notable demerits ought our Protector to receive of his? 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 456 It is reputed a singular demerit and gracious act, not to kill a citizen of Rome. 1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 8 The first atchiever in any stock whatever, was a new man ennobled for some demerit. 2. a. Desert in a bad sense: quality deserving blame or punishment; ill-desert; censurable conduct: opposed to merit. In later use, sometimes, deficiency or want of merit. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 delinquency1603 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] fiend-thewsc1275 misgovernancec1375 misusing1395 misrule?1406 misgovernmentc1450 misguiding1480 thowlessness1489 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 prevarication1561 misguide1596 malconduct1684 misconduct1717 malversation1752 misdealing1851 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. x^v To assemble these foles in one bonde, And theyr demerites worthely to note. 1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) i. §53 The one being so far beyond our deserts, the other so infinitely below our demerits. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 193 The least Sin is of infinite Demerit; because it breaketh the Union between God and the Soul. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Meleager & Atalanta in Fables 117 Mine is the Merit, the Demerit thine. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 157 God teach me Humility, and to know my own Demerit! 1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn xi. 389 It is no demerit in Penn that he did not at once see the evil. 1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism (1878) I. 357 The rationalistic doctrine of personal merit and demerit. †b. A blameworthy act, sin, offence. (Almost always in plural). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun] misdeedeOE guilt971 evilOE follya1275 trespassc1290 errorc1330 illa1340 untetchea1375 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 faultc1400 demerit1485 disorder1581 misfeasancea1626 misactiona1667 trespassage1874 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence sinc825 guilt971 man deedOE evilOE misbodea1200 follya1275 unthrift1303 misbreydec1380 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 felonya1400 faultc1400 misfeatc1400 feat1481 demerit1485 misdemeanoura1513 facta1533 piaculum1575 miscarriage1579 delinquishment1593 delinquency1603 piacle1644 amissness1648 peccancy1648 1485 Act 1 Hen. VII c. 4 Priests..culpable, or by their Demerits openly reported of incontinent living in their Bodies. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxxiiii Some there were that for theyr demerytys were adiugyd to perpetuall Prysone. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) iii. 21 That samyn boreau, is stikkit or hangit eftiruart for his cruel demeritis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 228 Not for their owne demerits, but for mine Fell slaughter on their soules. View more context for this quotation a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xxxviii. 41 in Wks. (1640) III There is no Father that for one demerit, Or two, or three, a Sonne will dis-inherit. c. transferred. As a quality of things: Fault, defect. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness defection1526 faultiness1530 lameness1530 defecta1538 badness1539 defectuosity1602 defectiveness1603 defectibilitya1617 shortness1644 defectuousness1654 defectability1662 demerit1832 wonkiness1982 1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms vi. 62 The merits or demerits of hereditary royalty. 1855 R. C. Singleton in tr. Virgil Wks. I. Pref. p. ii Which has, it may be, the demerit of being new. †3. That which is merited (esp. for ill doing); desert; punishment deserved. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [noun] > deserved or due guiltc1275 warison?a1366 mercementa1387 demerit1621 1621 A. Cade Serm. Nature of Conscience 12 But Ahab..had quickly his demerits, being destroyed, and al his seed. 1728 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 393 Many members of the Assembly thought deposition the demerit of what was already found. 4. A penalty mark awarded as a punishment for misconduct, poor work, etc., esp. in schools or the Services; a ‘black’ mark. Also demerit mark, demerit point. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [noun] > censure or condemnation > mark of black coal1525 theta1603 note1605 black mark1624 demerit mark1862 strike1938 1862 G. C. Strong Cadet Life at West Point 150 The more immediate penalty is the demerit. 1877 R. J. Burdette Rise & Fall of Mustache 311 Got three demerit marks for drawing a picture of her [sc. a teacher]. 1903 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 3/3 The smallest breach of any one of them [sc. military regulations] is visited by a ‘demerit’ mark. 1966 D. Bagley Wyatt's Hurricane ii. 40 There have been a few cases, you know, mostly among the enlisted men, and they've got shipped back to the States with a big black demerit to spend a year or two in the stockade. 1976 N.Z. Financial Times 10 Dec. 18/1 Demerit points are recorded against an employee for unsatisfactory work attendance. 1980 L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 43/2 The process..has its uncomfortable aspects: rules, parietals, demerits, and disciplinary action. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). demeritv. /dɪˈmɛrɪt/ Etymology: < Latin dēmerit-, participial stem of dēmerērī to deserve (see demerit n.); partly after French démériter (16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), to merit disapproval, fail to merit. †1. a. transitive. To merit, deserve, be worthy of (good or evil; sometimes spec. the latter, and opposed to merit). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) earnOE of-earna1200 ofservec1225 serve?a1300 servec1300 asservec1325 ofgo1340 deservea1400 demerit1539 promerit1581 be-earn1596 supererogate?1624 emerit1648 rate1906 1539 J. Husee Let. 12 Jan. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/5/19) f. 28 The Caytiff..shall Suffre suche paynes as he hathe dymerytid. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Pref. 5 If I have demerited any love or thanke. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 7 Any matter or meanes demeriting the fauour of God. 1619 H. Hutton Follie's Anat. sig. B7 These are the Subiects which demerit blame. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Bbbb^v Those that compose..Antidotaries..think they demerit much praise. 1711 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. I (1863) x. 283 Such sentence..as the nature of your crime shall demerit. †b. To obtain by merit, to earn (favour, love, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > by merit deservec1440 demerit1555 meed1613 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 25^v They browght with them..to demerite the fauour of owre men, great plentie of vytayles. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xv. 643/2 His Princely desire to aduance their weale, and demerit their loue. 1625 T. Godwin Romanae Historiae Anthologia (new ed.) ii. iii. x. 99 Noblemen..sometimes, to demerit the Emperour his love, endangered their lives in this fight. †c. To earn favour of (a person). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] court1590 demerit1597 win1616 to gain on or upon1640 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xxix. 389 A Priest of Baall will cut and launce his owne flesh to demerite his idoll. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 5 The likeliest things to demerit God: as workes of righteousnesse. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 31 To demerit by all courtesie the men of meaner Rank. 2. †a. To deprive of merit, to take away the merit of, disparage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > disparage or depreciate [verb (transitive)] littleeOE low1340 dispraisec1386 minish1402 deroge1427 detractc1449 descryc1450 detrayc1475 dismerit1484 decline1509 vilipend1509 disprize?1518 disable1528 derogatea1530 elevate1541 disparagea1556 detrect1563 debase1565 demerit1576 vilify1586 disgrace1589 detracta1592 besparage1592 enervate1593 obtrect1595 extenuate1601 disvalue1605 disparagon1610 undervalue1611 avile1615 debaucha1616 to cry down1616 debate1622 decry1641 atomize1645 underrate1646 naucify1653 dedignify1654 stuprate1655 de-ample1657 dismagn1657 slur1660 voguec1661 depreciate1666 to run down1671 baffle1674 lacken1674 sneer1706 diminish1712 substract1728 down1780 belittle1789 carbonify1792 to speak scorn of1861 to give one a back-cap1903 minoritize1947 mauvais langue1952 rubbish1953 down-talk1959 marginalize1970 marginate1970 trash1975 neg1987 1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. C.iiii Fayth by her owne dignytie and worthynesse, doeth not demeryte justice and righteousnesse. a1643 W. Cartwright Siedge i. i, in Comedies (1651) sig. G5^v My lofty Widdow, Who, if that I had dignity, hath promis'd T'accept my Person, will be hence demerited. b. To lower in status by giving an unfavourable assessment of conduct. U.S. ΚΠ 1895 Cent. Mag. Oct. 843/2 He stands a fair chance of being demerited and punished until his hope of release before he is of age is almost extinguished. 3. To fail to merit; to deserve to lose or be without. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > be morally improper for [verb (transitive)] > fail to deserve undeserve1621 dismerit1622 demerit1654 disdeserve1668 misdeserve1672 1654 A. Cokayne tr. G. F. Loredano Dianea iii. 217 Wherein hath the unfortunate Doricia demerited thy affections? 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxxii. 208 A blessing that once was designed for him and which he is not accused of demeriting by misbehaviour. 1865 R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. §47 (1876) 163 It is unearned and unmerited, or indeed demerited, as the faithful man will most freely acknowledge. †4. a. intransitive. To incur demerit or guilt; to merit disapproval or blame, deserve ill. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove [verb (intransitive)] > merit disapproval demerit1604 dismerit1622 1604 R. Parsons 3rd Pt. Treat. Conuersions in Treat. Three Conuersions Eng. II. iii. 122 The soules in Purgatory may meritt and demeritt; nor are sure yet of their saluation. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. ii. sig. I3^v I will be tender to his reputation, How euer he demerit . View more context for this quotation 1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 25 For us, who deserved nothing from him, who had demerited so much against him. a1734 R. North Lives of Norths (1826) I. 96 For he was..the kings servant already, and had not demerited. †b. transitive. To earn or incur in the way of demerit. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > by demerit demerit1635 1635 R. Shelford Five Pious Disc. 140 (T.) Adam demerited but one sin to his posterity, viz. original, which cannot be augmented. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1399v.1539
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