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Deserving of reward. [R.]

Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable. And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. Shak. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness, n.

Of or pert. to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds.

Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic.

A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.

Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- Mil"i*tant*ly, adv. At which command the powers militant... Moved on in silence. Milton. Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church…

To go on an excursion for observing and collecting minerals; to mineralogize.

Of or pertaining to ministry or service; serving; attendant. Enlightening spirits and ministerial flames. Prior.

Serving to aid; ministering.

To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as:

Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; -- said of a woman. Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife. Shak. The blushing beauties of a modest maid. Dryden.

Tending or serving to modify; modifying. Max Müller.

Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.

A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.

Serving as a monument; memorial; preserving memory. "Of pine, or monumental oak." Milton. A work outlasting monumental brass. Pope.

Serving to teach or convey a moral; as, a moral lesson; moral tales. Moral agent, a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong. -- Moral certainty, a very high degree or probability, although not demonstrable as a certainty; a probability of so high a degree that it can be confidently acted upon…

Serving to fix colors.

A kind of nearly black cherry with dark red flesh and juice, -- used chiefly for preserving.

Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin.