† desertiveadj.
/dɪˈzəːtɪv/ Obsolete. rare.
Meritorious, worthy.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill) > deserving by merit
worthyOE
worthc1175
well worthyc1390
well-deserving1545
deserving1576
desertful1583
desertive1596
deserveda1616
well-deserveda1616
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. Q3v Master Bodley..a Gentleman..of singular desertiue reckoning & industrie.
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adj.1596- to hold a person in etc reverence
- to hold a person in fable
- to hold a person in great reverence
- to hold a person in hand
- to hold a person in reverence
- to hold a person in the palm of one's hand
- to hold a person responsible
- to hold a person scoreless
- to hold a person tack
- to hold a person tack to tack
- to hold a person upon the inturn
- to hold a person wag
- to hold a person's feet to the fire
- to hold a pistol at a person's head
- to hold a pistol at head
- to hold a pistol to a person's head
- to hold a pistol to head
- to hold a school
- to hold a shop
- to hold a spurn
- to hold a stop in
- to hold a taper to the devil
- to hold a team scoreless
- to hold a thing in contempt
- to hold a thing in etc reverence