Meaning

2 senses

  1. (archaic, transitive)To deserve.

  2. (archaic, transitive)To depreciate or cry down.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Everybody has his merits and demerits.

    ruУ всех есть свои достоинства и недостатки. — GranD

    deJeder hat seine Verdienste und seine Schwächen. — Alois

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  2. There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.

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Origin

From Latin dēmerit-, the past partipicial stem of dēmereō. By surface analysis, de- + meri

From Latin dēmerit-, the past partipicial stem of dēmereō. By surface analysis, de- + merit.

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Forms

demerits, demeriting, demerited, demerited
Base formdemerit · to demerit
3rd person singulardemerits
Present participledemeriting
Past simpledemerited
Past participledemerited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydemerit
he, she, itdemerits

Past simpleLesson

all personsdemerited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave demerited
he, she, ithas demerited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill demerit

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dementdementiademigoddemiseC1demoC1
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