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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Merit  \Mer"it\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Merited};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Meriting}.]  [F.  m['e]riter,  L.  meritare  v.  intens.  fr 
  merere  See  {Merit},  n.] 
  1.  To  earn  by  service  or  performance;  to  have  a  right  to 
  claim  as  reward;  to  deserve;  sometimes  to  deserve  in  a 
  bad  sense  as  to  merit  punishment.  ``This  kindness  merits 
  thanks.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  reward.  [R.  &  Obs.]  --Chapman. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meriting 
  adj  :  having  sufficient  worth;  "an  idea  worth  considering";  "a 
  cause  deserving  or  meriting  support";  "the  deserving 
  poor"  (often  used  ironically)  [syn:  {deserving(p)},  {meriting(p)}, 
  {worth(p)}] 




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