单词 | to deserve well of |
释义 | > as lemmasto deserve well of (also at a person's hands) c. to deserve well of (also at a person's hands): to be entitled to gratitude or good treatment from (a person); cf. deserve v. 3b. [Compare classical Latin bene merērī de.] ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > deserve (well or ill) > by merit > deserve good treatment from to deserve well of (also at a person's hands)?1531 ?1531 tr. Plutarch Howe One may take Profite of Enmyes f. 10 For it is not so honest to deserue well of a frende, as hit is shame not to do hit. 1586 Earl of Leicester Corr. (1844) 423 He can tell you whether I dyd use Paul Buis, and deservyd well at his handes, or no. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. ii. 2 Praie thee..deserue well at my hands, by helping me to the speech of Beatrice. View more context for this quotation 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 199 Lest..whiles they seeke to deserve well of the Common-wealth, they militate to the private lust of any. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 117. ⁋1 A great Man, who has deserved well of his Country. 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 234 He deserves well of the Publick. 1811 Gen. Floyd in R. Southey Life A. 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. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. ii. 15 You do right, child,..to speak well of those who deserve well of you. 1935 G. T. Griffith Mercenaries of Hellenistic World x. 293 The mercenaries inside had clearly deserved well of Eupolemus. 2009 P. Arora Material Managem. iv. 44 If by preventing waste there can be more coal left in this country.., then we shall have deserved well of our descendants. < as lemmas |
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