promerit
verbEtymology From Latin promeritus, past participle of promerere (“to deserve”), from pro (“before”) + merere (“to merit”).
1
Obsolete To oblige; to confer a favour on.
- O God, while thou dost thus promerit us by thy Providence, let us not wrong thee by distrust1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
2
Obsolete To deserve; to procure by merit.
- Beneficence and communication do not forget, for with such hostes God is promerited.1582, Gregory Martin, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, Hebrews 13: