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Deserved

//dɪˈzɜːvd// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    fair; merited.

    "But though he thus abstained from power, his eldest son, the present Lord Morpeth, as Secretary for Ireland at a critical period, acquired a higher reputation and a more deserved popularity than any statesman who ever held that office."

Adjective
  1. 1
    properly deserved wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of deserve form-of, participle, past

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