mereor itus, ērī, dep. SMAR-, to deserve, merit, be entitled to: dignitatem meam, si mereor, tuearis, if I deserve it: Pa. quid meritu's? Da. crucem, T.: stipendia, serve in the army: laudem, Cs.: gratiam nullam, L.: sanctus haberi, Iu.: ut memor esses sui, T.

—To deserve well, be meritorious: eane meritos hostīs sine causā factos? after deserving so well, L.: Qui sui memores alios fecere merendo, V.: Hac (arte) te merentem Vexere, etc., H.

—To deserve a return, merit recompense, behave: erga me saepe (illam) meritam quod vellem scio, treated me as I desired, T.: recepto Supplice sic merito, deserving this reception, V.: optime de communi libertate meritus, Cs.: de re p. bene, i. e. to serve well: melius de quibusdam inimicos mereri quam amicos, have treated better: perniciosius de re p. merentur principes, i. e. act ruinously: urbs quoque modo erit merita de me, has treated me: optime eum de se meritum iudicabat, Cs.