Mériter
Mériter is a French transitive verb meaning to deserve or to merit. It is used when someone earns a reward, recognition, or fair treatment, typically with a direct object: “Il mérite une récompense.” It can also govern a clause with que + subjonctif to express that someone deserves that something be done or acknowledged: “Il mérite que l’on fasse attention à son travail.”
Conjugation is regular for an -er verb, with typical forms: present je mérite, tu mérites, il mérite,
Etymology and related forms: mériter derives from Old French meriter and the noun mérite, from Latin meritum,