Deserved vs. Deserve — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deserved and Deserve
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Definitions
Deserved
Merited or earned
A richly deserved punishment.
Deserve
To be worthy of; merit
She deserves a raise. He deserves to be treated with respect.
Deserved
Fair; merited.
Deserve
(transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
After what he did, he deserved to go to prison.
This argument deserves a closer examination.
Deserved
Simple past tense and past participle of deserve
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Deserve
(obsolete) To earn, win.
Deserved
Properly earned; warranted; merited. Opposite of undeserved.
Deserve
(obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service.
Deserved
Proper and appropriate; fitting;
Richly deserved punishment
Due esteem
Deserve
(obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
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Deserve
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.
John Gay deserved to be a favorite.
Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension.
Deserve
To serve; to treat; to benefit.
A man that hathSo well deserved me.
Deserve
To be worthy of recompense; - usually with ill or with well.
One man may merit or deserve of another.
Deserve
Be worthy or deserving;
You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
