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worthier |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Worthy \Wor"thy\, a. [Compar. {Worthier}; superl. {Worthiest.}] [OE. worthi, wur[thorn]i, from worth, wur[thorn], n.; cf Icel. ver[eth]ugr, D. waardig G. w["u]rdig, OHG. wird[=i]g. See {Worth}, n.] 1. 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 things embrace. --Sir J. Davies. 2. Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of or with that as worthy of equal in excellence, value, or dignity to entitled to meriting; -- usually in a good sense but sometimes in a bad one No Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway. --Shak. The merciless Macdonwald Worthy to be a rebel. --Shak. Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. --Matt. iii. 11. And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness. --Milton. The lodging is well worthy of the guest. --Dryden. 3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.] Worthy women of the town. --Chaucer. {Worthiest of blood} (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the same blood to succeed or inherit; -- applied to males, and expressive of the preference given them over females. --Burrill.
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