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Definition of DESERVING

Deserving
Deserve De*serve" (d[-e]*z[~e]rv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deserved; p. pr. & vb. n. Deserving.] [OF. deservir, desservir, to merit, L. deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.] 1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. --Job xi. 6. John Gay deserved to be a favorite. --Thackeray. Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension. --Burke. 2. To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. --Massinger.
Deserving
Deserving De*serv"ing, n. Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. --Swift.
Deserving
Deserving De*serv"ing, a. Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act. -- De*serv"ing*ly, adv.

Meaning of DESERVING from wikipedia

- Dessert (/dɪˈzɜːt/) in the UK) in philosophy is the condition of being deserving of something, whether good or bad. It is sometimes called moral desert/moral...
- The Deserving is a 2024 horror film directed by Koka Singh Arora. It was released by The Horror Collective on October 1, 2024. After being tormented by...
- Deserving Design is a half-hour show on the Home and Garden TV network, starring Vern Yip. In each episode an inspirational family or individual is visited...
- Cristiano Ronaldo. He was widely considered the best player of 2020 and deserving of the Ballon d'Or, until it was canceled. In 2022, he was signed by Barcelona...
- Those who were considered to be legitimately needy, sometimes called the "deserving poor" or "worthy poor", were allowed ****istance, while those who were...
- The Deserving Favourite is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Lodowick Carlell that was first published in 1629. The earliest of Carlell's...
- of the other Deadpool films. Levy said they felt the film had to be "deserving" of being the first Deadpool film set within the MCU, while still feeling...
- fit to) be loved". Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its...
- have been criticised in some quarters with the claim that many highly deserving artists have been left out in order to favour certain individuals. India...
- matter that not all approaches can be regarded as "equally suitable and deserving of equal resources" because such positions would "sap mathematics of its...