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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Earn

Earn (earn)
n.(?)
Earn
(Zoö]l.)
  1. See Ern, n.
    Sir W. Scott.

Earn

Earn (earn)
v. t.(?)
Earn
[imp. *** p. p. Earned (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Earning.] [AS. earnian] akin to OHG. arn(?)n to reap, aran harvest, G. ernte, Goth. asans harvest, asne
  1. To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not).

    The high repute
    Which he through hazard huge must earn.     Milton.

  2. To acquire by labor, service, or performance; to deserve and receive as compensation or wages; as, to earn a good living; to earn honors or laurels.

    I earn that [what] I eat. Shak.

    The bread I have earned by the hazard of my life or the sweat of my brow. Burke.

    Earned run (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.

    Syn. -- See Obtain.

Earn

Earn (earn)
v. t. *** i.(?)
Earn
[See 1st Yearn.]
  1. To grieve.
    [Obs.]

Earn

Earn (earn)
v. i.
Earn
  1. To long] to yearn.
    [Obs.]

    And ever as he rode, his heart did earn
    To prove his puissance in battle brave.     Spenser.

Earn

Earn (earn)
v. i.
Earn
  1. To curdle, as milk.
    [Prov. Eng.]












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