Part 6976

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Merit</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"it</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

<h1>Meritable</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"it*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deserving of reward.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Meritedly</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"it*ed*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By merit; deservedly.</def>

<h1>Merithal, Merithallus</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw><hw>Mer"i*thal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mer`i*thal"lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>merithallus</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/, <ets>or</ets> <?/, a part + <?/ a young shoot.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Internode</er>.</def>

<h1>Meritmonger</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"it*mon`ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who depends on merit for salvation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milner.</i>

<h1>Meritorious</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer`i*to"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>meritorius</ets> that brings in money.]</ety> <def>Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>meritorious</b> shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Meritory</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"i*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Meritorious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Meritot</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Mer"i*tot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy.</def>

<h1>Merk</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Merk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Marc</er>.]</ety> <def>An old Scotch silver coin; a mark or marc.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Merk</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Merk</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mark; a sign.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Merke</h1> <Xpage=914>

<hw>Merke</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Murky.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>