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deserved(dictionary)
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barbed(1) (iou) and deserved (iou)


barbed(1) (iou)



barbed adjective1. [bɑ:bd] LME.
[from BARB noun1, verb: see -ED2, -ED1.]
Wearing a barb (see BARB noun1 1). LME-E17.
Furnished with a barb or barbs (see BARB noun1 3, BARB verb 3). E17.
barbed wire wire of twisted strands with short pointed pieces inserted at intervals, used for fences and as an obstruction in war.
Heraldry. Of a flower: having a calyx of a specified tincture. E17.

deserved (iou)



deserved ppl adjective. M16.
[from DESERVE + -ED1.]
1. Rightfully earned, merited. M16.
2. Meritorious, worthy. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
deservedly adverb according to desert or merit; rightfully, worthily: M16.
deservedness noun worthiness, desert; excellence: E17.