† premeritv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, merit v.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + merit v. Compare post-classical Latin praemerere (from 12th cent. in British sources).

Obsolete. rare after 17th cent.

transitive. To merit or deserve beforehand.

ΘΚΠ

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

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a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1629) iv. 107 He that is capable of no gift, there can be nothing done to him, to premerit any thing.

1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη viii. 56 Nor is it strange that they..should not finde mercy enough to forgive him, who so much premerited of them.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Premerit, to deserve before.

1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 389 That eternal life was the free gift of God through Christ, and not procured or pre-merited.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	premerit
释义	† premeritv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, merit v. Etymology: < pre- prefix + merit v. Compare post-classical Latin praemerere (from 12th cent. in British sources). Obsolete. rare after 17th cent. transitive. To merit or deserve beforehand. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > beforehand premerita1628 a1628 J. Preston New Covenant (1629) iv. 107 He that is capable of no gift, there can be nothing done to him, to premerit any thing. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη viii. 56 Nor is it strange that they..should not finde mercy enough to forgive him, who so much premerited of them. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. To Premerit, to deserve before. 1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (1853) 389 That eternal life was the free gift of God through Christ, and not procured or pre-merited. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < v.a1628
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