emerited

English

Etymology

See emeritus, +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmɛɹɪtɪd/

Adjective

emerited (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honourably discharged.
   • 1683 February 22 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 12 February 1683]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:

     He gave to the Trinity Corporation that land in Deptford on which are built those alms-houses for twenty-four widows of emerited seamen.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “emerited”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)