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MER'IT, n. [L. meritum, from mereo, to earn or deserve.]

1. Desert; goodness or excellence which entitles one to honor or regard; worth; any performance or worth which claims regard or compensation; applied to morals, to excellence in writing, or to valuable services of any kind. Thus we speak of the inability of men to obtain salvation by their own merits. We speak of the merits of an author; the merits of a soldier, &c.

2. Value; excellence; applied to things; as the merits of an essay or poem; the merits of a pointing; the merits of a heroic achievement.

3. Reward deserved; that which is earned or merited.

Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth.

MER'IT, v.t. [L. merito.] To deserve; to earn by active service, or by any valuable performance; to have a right to claim reward in money, regard, honor or happiness. Watts, by his writings, merited the gratitude of the whole christian world. The faithful laborer merits his wages.

A man at best is incapable of meriting any thing from God.

1. To deserve; to have a just title to. Fidelity merits and usually obtains confidence.

2. To deserve, in an ill sense; to have a just title to. Every violation of law merits punishment. Every sin merits God's displeasure.
1913 Definition
Merit (merit)
n.(?)
Mer"it
[F. mérite, L. meritum, fr. merere, mereri, to deserve, merit; prob. originally, to get a share; akin to Gr. (?) part, (?) fate, doom, (?) to receive as one's portion. Cf. Market, M
  1. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

    Here may men see how sin hath his merit. Chaucer.

    Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought
    For things that others do; and when we fall,
    We answer other's merits in our name.     Shak.

  2. Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.

    Reputation is . . . oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. Shak.

    To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known,
    And every author's merit, but his own.     Pope.

  3. Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.

    Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth. Prior.

  4. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment.
    "This kindness merits thanks." Shak.
  5. To reward.
    [R. *** Obs.] Chapman.
  6. To acquire desert] to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
    [Obs.] Beau. *** Fl.
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