Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deserve
Participle: deserved
Gerund: deserving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | deserve |
| you | deserve |
| he;she;it | deserves |
| we | deserve |
| you | deserve |
| they | deserve |
Perfect
| I | have deserved |
| you | have deserved |
| he;she;it | has deserved |
| we | have deserved |
| you | have deserved |
| they | have deserved |
Past
| I | deserved |
| you | deserved |
| he;she;it | deserved |
| we | deserved |
| you | deserved |
| they | deserved |
Pluperfect
| I | had deserved |
| you | had deserved |
| he;she;it | had deserved |
| we | had deserved |
| you | had deserved |
| they | had deserved |
Future
| I | will deserve |
| you | will deserve |
| he;she;it | will deserve |
| we | will deserve |
| you | will deserve |
| they | will deserve |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deserved |
| you | will have deserved |
| he;she;it | will have deserved |
| we | will have deserved |
| you | will have deserved |
| they | will have deserved |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deserve |
| you | deserve |
| he;she;it | deserve |
| we | deserve |
| you | deserve |
| they | deserve |
Perfect
| I | have deserved |
| you | have deserved |
| he;she;it | have deserved |
| we | have deserved |
| you | have deserved |
| they | have deserved |
Imperfect
| I | deserved |
| you | deserved |
| he;she;it | deserved |
| we | deserved |
| you | deserved |
| they | deserved |
Pluperfect
| I | had deserved |
| you | had deserved |
| he;she;it | had deserved |
| we | had deserved |
| you | had deserved |
| they | had deserved |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deserve |
| you | would deserve |
| he;she;it | would deserve |
| we | would deserve |
| you | would deserve |
| they | would deserve |
Perfect
| I | would have deserved |
| you | would have deserved |
| he;she;it | would have deserved |
| we | would have deserved |
| you | would have deserved |
| they | would have deserved |
Imperative
| you | deserve |
| we | Let's deserve |
| you | deserve |
Verbs conjugated like 'deserve'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deserve'
reserve,
beselve,
deceave,
deceive,
demerge,
demerse,
descrive,
desert,
deshelve,
desire,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- earn
- brook
- to earn or merit a reward or punishment
- be worthy of, brook, earn, garner, merit, reap, win
- merit
- warrant, rate, earn
Antonyms
- to earn or merit a reward or punishment
- undeserve
- merit
- demerit, fault, error, vice
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1292, from O.Fr.
deservir, from L.
deservire "serve well," from
de- "completely" +
servire "to serve." From "be entitled to because of good service" (s sense found in L.L.), meaning generalized c.1300 to "be worthy of."
2. From Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin dēserviō, from dē- + serviō. See: Old French '
deservir', Latin '
dēserviō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] barriers against the ‘Hail fellow, well met ’ deportment of everyday life. All the aid it can have in the very high character and ability of the Bench, not only here but elsewhere, it has, and well deserves to have; but it may need something more: not to impress the thoughtful and the well-informed, but the ignorant and heedless; a class which includes some prisoners and many witnesses. These [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] It is singularly well conducted by Mr. Mitchell, a comic actor of great quiet humour and originality, who is well remembered and esteemed by London playgoers. I am happy to report of this deserving gentleman, that his benches are usually well filled, and that his theatre rings with merriment every night. I had almost forgotten a small summer theatre, called Niblo 's, with gardens and open air [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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There is one American boat—the vessel which carried us on Lake Champlain, from St. John 's to Whitehall—which I praise very highly, but no more than it deserves, when I say that it is superior even to that in which we went from Queenston to Toronto, or to that in which we travelled from the latter place to Kingston, or I have no doubt I may add to any other [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The whole system of shipping and conveying these unfortunate persons, is one that stands in need of thorough revision. If any class deserve to be protected and assisted by the Government, it is that class who are banished from their native land in search of the bare means of subsistence. All that could be done for these poor people by [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] against the character and conduct of a life, appeals at once to your distrust, and is believed. You will strain at a gnat in the way of trustfulness and confidence, however fairly won and well deserved; but you will swallow a whole caravan of camels, if they be laden with unworthy doubts and mean suspicions. Is this well, think you, or likely to elevate the character of the governors or the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the love of ‘smart ’ dealing: which gilds over many a swindle and gross breach of trust; many a defalcation, public and private; and enables many a knave to hold his head up with the best, who well deserves a halter; though it has not been without its retributive operation, for this smartness has done more in a few years to impair the public credit, and to cripple the public resources, than dull [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ Cousin Augustine, ” said Miss Ophelia, seriously, and laying down her knitting-work, “ I suppose I deserve that you should reprove my short-comings. I know all you say is true enough; nobody else feels them more than I do; but it does seem to me, after all, there is some difference between me and you. It [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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It is enough for me, to know, that what I have set down in these pages, cannot cost me a single friend on the other side of the Atlantic, who is, in anything, deserving of the name. For the rest, I put my trust, implicitly, in the spirit in which they have been conceived and penned; and I can bide my time.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ But you beat him,—and he didn't deserve it. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Silence! We deserve this. But that man is innocent.
(Light of the World)
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But I will get back up. I will find a good, stable man. I will create a happy home. And I will have all the happiness I deserve.
(Who)
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♪ Shall I heap the heads, pile them tall ? ♪ ♪ Send you to hell, you deserve to die ♪
(Magudam)