| Worth (worth) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Worth |
| [OE. worthen,
wurþen, to become, AS. weorðan; akin to OS.
werðan, D. worden, G. werden, OHG. werdan,
Icel. verða, Sw. varda, Goth. wa***iacu |
To
be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth
the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the
imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative.
Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent
phrases.
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Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth
while.
Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for;
proper to be exchanged for.
Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but
chiefly in a good sense.
Having possessions equal to; having wealth or
estate to the value of.
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That quality of a thing which renders it
valuable or useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything useful
and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed in a standard, as
money; equivalent in exchange; price.
Value in respect of moral or personal qualities;
excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or
magistrate of great worth.
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