a. [ See Emeritus. ] Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honorably discharged. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unmerited. [ Obs. ] Charles I. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By merit; deservedly. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Proto- + -mere + -ite. ] (Zool.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinæ. [ 1913 Webster ]