LekhoriLekhoriTo be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
To earn, win.
That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue, / After long suit and weary seruicis, / Did aske me, how I could her loue deserue, / And how she might be sure, that I would neuer swerue.
To reward, to give in return for service.
Gramercy saide the kynge / & I lyue sir Lambegus I shal deserue hit / And thenne sir Lambegus armed hym / and rode after as fast as he myghte
From Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin dēserviō, from dē- + serviō.
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