Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-MER'IT
PRO-MER'IT, v.t. [L. promereo, promeritum; pro and mereo, to merit.]
- To oblige; to confer a favor on. – Hall.
- To deserve; to procure by merit. – Pearson. [This word is little used or not at all.]
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