worthen
See also: Worthen
English
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editworthen (third-person singular simple present worthens, present participle worthening, simple past and past participle worthened)
- (transitive, intransitive) To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.
- 1894, George Egerton, Discords:
- Woman has cheapened herself body and soul through ignorant innocence, she must learn to worthen herself by all-seeing knowledge.
- 1898, George Egerton, The wheel of God:
- Then one day — God! how that day worthens all the other days! — he took me, and told me that he loved me — me, poor, plain, ignorant, ugly [...]
- 1968, Bit International, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Others however, have been retained and even worthened.
Etymology 2
editFrom worth (“to become”).
Verb
editworthen
- past participle of worth.