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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
demerit .
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Examples
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That Hester Grimes had been forbidden to take part in the carnival by Gee Gee troubled the girls of Central High less than they might have been troubled had it been almost any other of their number that the strict teacher had demerited.
The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause Gertrude W. Morrison
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Policeman, showing marks or merits or demerit, and shall be prepared to explain with reference to each mark of demerit that he recorded, and what action has been taken by him with reference to such mark of demerit with the policeman so demerited.
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If, however, he has sinned and thus demerited, it is clear that, to demerit, the liberty of indifference is not requisite, and what is said of demerit must also be said of its correlative, merit (third proposition).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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He has been suspended for two weeks and demerited.
Letter from Warren Akin Candler to William Sydnor Thomson, April 30, 1897 1897
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_Joyce_ did laugh o'er this, and said Sir _Walter_ demerited to have as good given him as he brought.
Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Truly, there was little at after that demerited the same.
Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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So now, Aunt Grena, I come to speak truth unto you, and to confess that I have been a wicked maid and a fool; and if you count me no more worth the serving or the saving I have demerited that you should thus account me.
All's Well Alice's Victory Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Lady Joan was full gent and reverend, and demerited better husband than the Fates gave her.
In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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O all ye Angels, all ye Saints in Heaven! that sin not, but plead for us sinners, -- plead ye this day with God that He will render to each of us two his due, as he hath demerited!
The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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He has been suspended for two weeks and demerited.
Dr. Adriane Ivey 1836
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