Deserve
Deserve (de*zẽrv") , transitive verb
[Old French deservir, desservir, to merit, Latin deservire to serve zealously, be devoted to; de- + servire to serve. See Serve.]
1.
To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
John Gay deserved to be a favorite.
Encouragement is not held out to things that deserve reprehension.
2.
To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obsolete]
A man that hath
So well deserved me.
deserve (de*zẽrv") , intransitive verb
To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
One man may merit or deserve of another.