Pro mephitis (pro me fit is)

[NL. (Gaudry, 1861), promeritt (prō-mer'it), v. t. [L. pro merit us, pp. of promerere, be deserving of, From him [Christ] then, and from him alone, must we expect Salvation, acknowledging and confe ing freely there is nothing in ourselves which can effect or deserve it from us, nothing in any other creature which can pro merit or procure it to us. Bp . Pearson , Expos. of Creed, ii. 2. To befriend; confer a favor on. He loves not God: no, not whiles He pro merits him with His favours. Bp . Hall , Sermon on Jas. iv. 8. pro merit ort (prō-mer'i-tor), n. [ pro merit + -or1.] One who deserves or merits, whether good or evil. Whatsoever mischiefs befall them or their posterity, though many ages after the decease of the pro merit ors , were inflicted upon them in revenge. Christian Religion's Appeal . ( Latham .) pro me rope (prom'e-rop), п. A bird of the genus Promerops, in any sense.