单词 | promerit |
释义 | † promeritn. Obsolete. rare. Merit; meritorious action or behaviour. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [noun] > deserving (good or ill) > deserving well > desert or merit dignity1548 promerit1604 merit1711 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Promerit, desert. 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations sig. A4 If it fall out (not according to any Promerits of mine) but out of mine owne expectation of your matchles and vnparalelld disposition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). † promeritv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To merit, deserve; to win or procure (to or for another) by merit. 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 1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise Concls. sig. Tiiijv All ye vorthenes and efficacie of gude varkis procedis of grace and cheritie, quhilk Christ hes promereit to vs be his death & passion. 1610 G. Carleton Iurisdict. 201 The Princes of auncient times..when they came to make petition for the Imperiall crowne, were wont by some worthy office to promerit the fauour of the Church of Rome. 1615 Bp. J. Hall No Peace with Rome x, in Recoll. Treat. 862 That which the satisfactions of Christ haue promerited for vs. a1699 M. Shields in J. Howie Faithful Contendings Displayed (1780) 354 The same procuring causes have promerited, and protracted this long, lasting, and weary famine of gospel ordinances. 1724 J. Maubray Female Physician i. vi. 20 The whole Man must enjoy one and the same State of Beatitude; or otherways, as he shall have promerited. 2. transitive. To win the favour of; to please, propitiate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > please or give pleasure to [verb (transitive)] i-quemec893 ywortheOE queemeOE likeOE likeOE paya1200 gamec1225 lustc1230 apaya1250 savoura1300 feastc1300 comfort1303 glew1303 pleasec1350 ticklec1386 feedc1400 agreea1413 agreec1425 emplessc1450 gree1468 applease1470 complaire1477 enjoy1485 warm1526 to claw the ears1549 content1552 pleasure1556 oblect?1567 relish1567 gratify1569 sweeta1575 promerit1582 tinkle1582 tastea1586 aggrate1590 gratulatea1592 greeta1592 grace1595 arride1600 complease1604 honey1604 agrade1611 oblectate1611 oblige1652 placentiate1694 flatter1695 to shine up to1882 fancy- the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy paya1200 apaya1250 pleasec1350 assythc1375 savourc1390 filsen?a1425 satisfy?a1425 sufficec1430 satify1434 applease1470 content1477 assethe1481 appetite1509 syth1513 satisfice?1531 gratify1569 gree1570 explenish1573 promerit1582 accommodate1624 placentiate1694 1582 Bible (Rheims) Heb. xiii. 16 Beneficence and communication do not forget, for with such hostes God is promerited. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) vii. 399 As if..God were promerited with such washing service. 1648 J. Owen Death of Death iii. x. 162 The vulgar latine once reads promeretur..and the Rhemists, to preserve the sound, have rendered it promerited.] 3. transitive. Perhaps: to deserve well of. rare. ΚΠ a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 87 He loves not God, no not whiles he [sc. God] promerits him with his favours. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 112 A people that God had no whit promerited by his favours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1604v.1581 |
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