deserve

Etymology

From Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin dēserviō, from dē- + serviō.

verb

1. (transitive) To be entitled to, as a result of past actions; to be worthy to have.
   After playing so well, the team really deserved their win.
   After what he did, he deserved to go to prison.
   This argument deserves a closer examination.
   John Gay deserved to be a favourite. 1853, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century
   the grantees named in the questioned deed executed by their father richly deserved receiving the family home. 1967, The Pacific Reporter, page 510
   Perhaps they do, but they don't deserve that the rest of us contribute money or appropriate public funds for the purchase of pictures and the construction of buildings. 2008, Michael Walzer, Spheres Of Justice: A Defense Of Pluralism And Equality, page 24
2. (obsolete) To earn, win.
3. (obsolete) To reward, to give in return for service.
4. (obsolete) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
   c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman A man that hath / So well deserved me.