promerit

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PROMER'IT, verb transitive [Latin promereo, promeritum; pro and mereo, to merit.] 1. To oblige; to confer a favor on. 2. To deserve; to procure by merit. [This word is little used or not at all.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

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