promerit

verb

1. To oblige; to confer a favour on.

   obsolete

   O God, while thou dost thus promerit us by thy Providence, let us not wrong thee by distrust

2. To deserve; to procure by merit.

   obsolete

   Beneficence and communication do not forget, for with such hostes God is promerited.

Where it comes from

From Latin promeritus, past participle of promerere (“to deserve”), from pro (“before”) + merere (“to merit”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry promerit (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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