Worthen
Origin 1
Full definition of worthen
Verb
- (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").