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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
worth \worth\, a. oe. worth, wurthorn, as. weoreth, wure;
akin to ofries. werth, os. wereth, d. waard, ohg. werd, g.
wert, werth, icel. verethr, sw. vaumrd, dan. vaerd,
goth. wa'irps, and perhaps to e. wary. cf. stalwart,
ware an article of merchandise, worship.
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1. valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. obs.
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it was not worth to make it wise. --chaucer.
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2. equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to
be exchanged for.
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a ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats. --shak.
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all our doings without charity are nothing worth.
--bk. of com.
prayer.
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if your arguments produce no conviction, they are
worth nothing to me. --beattie.
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3. deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a
good sense.
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to reign is worth ambition, though in hell.
--milton.
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this is life indeed, life worth preserving.
--addison.
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4. having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to
the value of.
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at geneva are merchants reckoned worth twenty
hundred crowns. --addison.
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worth while, or worth the while. see under while, n.
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see also:
stalwart ware worship worth while worth the while while
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