| 单词 | to deserve ill or well of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto deserve ill or well of b. To be so entitled; to have just claims for reward or punishment; to merit, be worthy. Often in to deserve ill or well of. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > deserve well or ill earnOE deservec1300 servec1300 servec1350 merit1626 comerit1638 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > deserve well or ill > by merit deserve1535 c1300 Treat. Pop. Science 140 And went wheder heo hath deserved, to joye other to pyne. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvi. 1 Here me as my rightwisnes deserues. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. ix. 5 They yt be deed, knowe nothinge, nether deserue they eny more. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 12029 Ryches..To be delt to þe dughti..As þai sothly desseruyt. a1669 J. Trapp in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. vii. 16 Executed at Tyburn, as he had well deserven. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 126 That he, who best deserves, alone may reign. View more context for this quotation 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 234 He deserves well of the Publick. 1811 Genl. Floyd in R. Southey Life Bell (1844) II. 640 You would, indeed, to use the French phrase, ‘Deserve well of the country.’ 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 185 he..swore by the..deputies who had deserved well of their country. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 348 Slaves ought to be punished as they deserve. < as lemmas |
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