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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + mereō (“earn, merit, deserve”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ēmereō (present infinitive ēmerēre, perfect active ēmeruī, supine ēmeritum); second conjugation
- to earn, merit, gain by service
- (military) to serve out; to serve one's time; to complete one's obligation to serve
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References
- “emereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “emereo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emereo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.