society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill) > of sufficient merit > to be, do, or have (2)
In a positive sense. Of sufficient merit; worthy, deserving. With infinitive as complement, specifying what one is deserving of. Obsolete.
With various constructions. Deserving of something positive; of sufficient merit or excellence to… With to-infinitive, as worthy to be praised. In…