deserve

verb4

1. •
   to have earned something good or bad by what was done before

   • After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
   • After what he did, he deserved to go to prison.
2. •
   (no longer used) To earn, win.

   • That gentle Lady, whom I loue and serue, / After long suit and weary seruicis, / Did aske me, how I could her loue deserue, / And how she might be sure, that I would neuer swerue. — 1590
3. •
   (no longer used) To serve; to treat; to benefit.

   • A man that hath / So well deserved me. — 1619
4. •
   (no longer used) To reward, to give in return for service.