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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1225|origins=la deservire}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: UK /dɪˈzɜːv/, US /dɪˈzɝːv/^(Roach et al. 2011)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[inh|enm|deserven]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) [[bor|fro|deservir|t=to deserve, be worthy of, earn]] (modern desservir),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|dēservīre|t=to serve well, serve zealously]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from dē- “completely” and servīre “to serve”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) the source of [[serve]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) The classical Latin sense became “to be entitled to because of good service” in Late Latin, and then in French “to be worthy of”.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ “To be worthy of, merit”: about 1225, in the Ancrene Riwle, according to Barnhart,^(Barnhart 1988) and the mid-13th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline) The OED's first sense, from 1292, is “to acquire a rightful claim by one's actions, earn”, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Hoad dates the obsolete “to become entitled to” to the 13th century and “to be worthy to have” to the 14th.^(Hoad 1986) The intransitive “to have just claims to reward or punishment” is from about 1300.^(OED 1989) ''Deserving'', the noun, is from about 1300, and the adjective from 1576;^(Barnhart 1988) ''deservedly'' is from the 16th century.^(Hoad 1986) Johnson in 1755 defined it as “to be worthy of either good or ill”.^(Johnson 1755)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1225 – to merit.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * 1292 – to earn a claim.^(OED 1989)
+ * c. 1300 – ''deserving'', noun.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ * 16th century – ''deservedly''.^(Hoad 1986)
+ * 1576 – ''deserving'', adjective.^(Barnhart 1988)
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+ ==Modern meaning==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To be worthy of; to [[merit]]: ''deserves a [[medal]]''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)
+ # To be worthy or deserving: ''deserve well of one's country''.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[deserver]]
+ * [[well-deserved]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[desert]]
+ * [[deserving]]
+ * [[serve]]
+ * [[service]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}