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Definition of Merited
1. Adjective. Properly deserved. "A merited success"
Definition of Merited
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to ''merit''. ¹
2. Verb. (past of merit) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Merited
1. merit [v] - See also: merit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Merited
Literary usage of Merited
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1921)
"CHRIST TRULY AND PROPERLY SAID TO HATE merited THE GRACE OF GOD AND SALTATION
... Let any one tell me, how that man merited the honour of being assumed into ..."
2. Annual Report by Hawaiian Evangelical Association (1911)
"merited AID. Rev. OH Gulick sets forth below the steadfastness of our Hawaiian
churches, their wholesome growth, and the forward step taken this year in ..."
3. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1837)
"... and seems to have maintained some share of public favour. of them apparently
of good previous reputation, merited such punishment, is more than, ..."
4. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"I dared to do nothing he disapproved of, but he was sure to disapprove only of
what merited disapprobation : thus we lived in a union which rendered us ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1807)
"and to the plan and government of which institution Dr. Bell here pays a well
merited compliment. We are requested to state that the price of Mr,- ..."
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