Worthen
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Worthen is a verb meaning (ambitransitive) To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.
Meaning
(ambitransitive) To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.
More Meanings
- past participle of worth.
Example Sentences
Others however, have been retained and even worthened.
Woman has cheapened herself body and soul through ignorant innocence, she must learn to worthen herself by all-seeing knowledge.
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 [...]
Word Forms
- worthens
- worthening
- worthened
Synonyms for worthen
Depending on context, synonyms include assess, esteem, rate, appraise, apprise, apprize.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include worthy, value, rate, valorize, appraise, valorise.
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