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verb

Earn v. t. & v. i. To grieve. (Obs.)

Earn v. t. (past & past part. earned; pres. part. earning)

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."

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

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

Synonyms: See Obtain.

Earn v. i. To long; to yearn. (Obs.) "And ever as he rode, his heart did earn To prove his puissance in battle brave."

Earn v. i. To curdle, as milk. (Prov. Eng.)

noun

Earn n. (Zoöl.) See Ern, n.

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Etymology of 'Earn'

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— Serge Panine, Complete • Georges Ohnet

... "it's nothing to cry about—get home as fast as you can, you stupid cry-baby, and mind you are here early in the morning, sir, for I intend to pay you five hundred dollars a-year, and I mean you to earn it," and thus speaking he bustled out of the room, followed by George's repeated "God bless you!" That "God bless you" played about his ears at night, and soothed him to sleep; in dreams he saw ...

— The Garies and Their Friends • Frank J. Webb

... toil and trouble unintelligible to one who was born clothed and shod as you were. About your coming post-haste to Rome, I do not know that you came in such a hurry when I was a pauper and lacked bread. Enough for you to throw away the money that you did not earn. The fear of losing what you might inherit on my death impelled you. You say it was your duty to come, by reason of the love you bear me. The love of a woodworm! If you really loved me, you would have written now: ...

— The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti • John Addington Symonds

... little fellow, and there were five of us children. But we had good times and I was looking forward to the future when I would be a man and Rex and I— that's my twin brother— could give mother some of the luxuries with what we should earn, for I expected that by that time Sydney would be married and have a home of his own. You're not bored listening to all this, are you? There's a ...

— Two Boys and a Fortune • Matthew White, Jr.

... once was by Fortune carest: I once could relieve the distrest: Now life's poor support, hardly earn'd My fate will scarce bestow: And it's ...

— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns

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