† immeritn.
Obsolete.
Want of merit; demerit.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undeserving > want of merit
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1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer i. 967 That Machivillian crew, who to endeare Their base immerits, fill the royal eare With tales.
a1642 J. Suckling Lett. Divers Eminent Personages 72 in Fragmenta Aurea (1646) My own immerit tell me, it must not be for me.
1750 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace in Wks. (1811) VIII. 406 The immerit of good Works.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
† immeritv.
Obsolete.
transitive. Not to merit or deserve. Only in † iˈmmeriting adj. Obsolete undeserving.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > undeserving
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1635 R. Carew in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. III. 222 Those honorable fauours..vouthsafed vnto poore immeritinge me.
1659 Lady Alimony ii. v. sig. D3 Perish'd by th' immeriting touch Of a mishapen Boor.
1676 T. Baker Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 10 Immeriting so immense pains and favour from you.
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