promerit

English

Etymology

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

Verb

promerit (third-person singular simple present promerits, present participle promeriting, simple past and past participle promerited)

1. (obsolete) To oblige; to confer a favour on.
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

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

2. (obsolete) To deserve; to procure by merit.
   • 1582, Gregory Martin, transl., The New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated Faithfully into English, Reims: John Fogny, Hebrews 13:

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

References

• “promerit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• importer, reimport