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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'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Earn" Quotes from Famous Books

... of a rather Utopian scheme for the benefit of mangind generally, and esbecially those unfordunate beobles who, in gonsequence of the over-bobulation of the gread zentres of indusdry, vind themselves unable to brogure embloymend and earn a living. Bud this scheme is only in my brain as yed,"—energetically pointing to his expansive forehead as he spoke—"and gan be worked oudt anywhere widoud obstruction to other projecds; so, my dear Sir Reginald, if you require my aid in any way you may gommand ...

— With Airship and Submarine - A Tale of Adventure • Harry Collingwood

... her father, shortly before her death, bidding him good-bye, and asking him to do something for the child. "She is wonderfully like you," so ran part of the letter. "You won't ever acknowledge her, I know. That is your strange code. But at least give her what will keep her from want, till she can earn her living. Her old nurse will take care of her, I have taught her, so far. She is already very clever. When I am gone she will attend one of the convent schools here. And I have found an honest lawyer who will receive and pay ...

— Lady Rose's Daughter • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... said, "we mustn't lose any time. Your interests are ours now, Mr. Banborough, and the sooner we get to work the more thoroughly we'll earn our salary," and touching a bell, he said to the ...

— His Lordship's Leopard - A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts • David Dwight Wells

... cheering on the men, for they were going to enter the contest of the scratchean fours; and three men were rowing together in a boat, strong and stout and determined in their hearts that they would either first break a blood-vessel or earn for themselves the electroplated-Birmingham-manufactured magnificence of a pewter to stand on their hall tables in memorial of their strength, and from time to time drink from it the exhilarating streams ...

— Samuel Butler's Cambridge Pieces • Samuel Butler

... books. Of art I never grow weary, but she calls me over the world. I suspect the sedentary art-worker. Most of all, I suspect the sedentary writer. I divide authors into two classes—genuine artists, and educated men who wish to earn enough to let them live like country gentlemen. With the latter I have no concern. But the artist knows when his time has come. In the same way I turned with irresistible longing to the sea, whereon I had been wont to earn my living. It is a good life and ...

— Aliens • William McFee

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