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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. I counsel . . . to let the cat worthe. Piers Plowman. He…

Full of worth; worthy; deserving. Marston.

In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly. You worthily succeed not only to the honors of your ancestors, but also to their virtues. Dryden. Some may very worthily deserve to be hated. South.

The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness Donne. She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her own worthiness. Sir P. Sidney. The prayers which our Savior made were for his own wo…

Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless magistrate. 'T is a worthless world to win or lose. Byron. -- Worth"less*ly, adv. -- Worth"less*ness, n.…

Worth the time or effort spent. See worth while. worthy. -- worthwhileness.

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. Full worthy was he in his lordes war. Chaucer. These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities. Shak. Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be. Milton. This worthy mind should worthy th…

Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n.

Precious. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Precious. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

To deprive of worth; to degrade. [Obs.] Feltham.

founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England.

Deserving to be laughed at. [R.] B. Jonson.

Worthy of observation or notice; remarkable.

To exceed in worth. [R.]

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A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny. "A dear pennyworth." Evelyn.

A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.

In a praiseworthy manner. Spenser.

The quality or state of being praiseworthy.