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单词 promerit
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promeritn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin prōmeritum.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōmeritum meritorious action or service, use as noun of neuter past participle of prōmerēre promerit v. Compare earlier promerit v.
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.

Forms: 1500s–1700s promerit; Scottish pre-1700 promereit (past participle).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōmerit-, prōmerēre.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōmerit-, past participial stem of prōmerēre (also deponent prōmerērī ) to merit, earn, deserve, to win, gain, to win over, gain the favour of < prō- pro- prefix1 + merēre to earn, deserve (see merit n.). Compare merit v.In sense 3 perhaps by association with classical Latin pro merito for or on account of merit.
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).
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