emerited
English
Etymology
See emeritus, + -ed.
Adjective
emerited (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Considered as having done sufficient public service, and therefore honourably discharged.
- John Evelyn
- He gave to the Trinity Corporation that land in Deptford on which are built those alms-houses for twenty-four widows of emerited seamen.
- John Evelyn
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for emerited in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)