• Worthen

    Origin 1

    From worth + -en.

    Full definition of worthen

    Verb

    1. (ambitransitive) 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:Others however, have been retained and even worthened.

    Origin 2

    From worth ("to become").

    Verb

    past participle

    1. Past participle of worth.
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