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The quality worthy or qualified to be chosen; suitableness; desirableness.

Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.

A thing worthy of regard. [R.] One of the peculiar estimables of her country. Sir T. Browne.

In other cases, it verges toward esteem; as, "I know him to be of worth and worthy estimation." Shak. It will probably settle down at last on this latter sense. "Esteem is the value we place upon some degree of worth. It is higher than simple approbation, which is a decision of judgment. It is the commencement of affec…

h into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. Examine well your own thoughts. Chaucer. Examine their counsels and their cares. Shak.

Worthy of being wished for; desirable. [Obs.] Puller.

Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. It is a faithful saying. 2 Tim. ii. 11. The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.

ice etc.; to become less; as, the falls; stocks fell two points. I am a poor falle man, unworthy now To be thy lord and master. Shak. The greatness of these Irish lords suddenly fell and vanished. Sir J. Davies.

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar. Whose false foundation waves have swept away. Spenser.

To prove to be false, or untrustworthy; to confute; to disprove; to nullify; to make to appear false. By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hope. Shak. Jews and Pagans united all their endeavors, under Julian the apostate, to baffie and falsify the prediction. Addison.…

Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure. Shak. The king doth speak . . . as one which is faulty. 2 Sam. xiv. 13.

ious; hence, to know certainly or without misgiving. Garlands . . . which I feel I am not worthy yet to wear. Shak.

lings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.

brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful. The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. Prov. iii. 14. A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. Shak. Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest scholars. Felto…

t; suited by character, qualitties, circumstances, education, etc.; qualified; competent; worthy. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. Shak. Fit audience find, though few. Milton.

An enemy in war. And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott

ant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; -- usually followed by in. Lest negligence or partiality might admit or fois in abuses corruption. R. Carew. When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South.…

ality; to be lost in thought. (b) To be entirely unselfish. (c) To be guilty of what is unworthy of one; to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.

A clog or patten. [Obs.] Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. Chaucer.

To render gentile or gentlemanly; as, to gentilize your unworthy sones. [R.] Sylvester.