Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deserve; procure by merit.
- To befriend; confer a favor on.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To oblige; to confer a favor on.
- transitive verb obsolete To deserve; to procure by merit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To
oblige ; toconfer afavour on. - verb obsolete To
deserve ; toprocure bymerit .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Latin promeritus, past participle of promerere to deserve; pro before + merere to merit.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word promerit.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.