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adjective

Worthy adj. (compar. worthier; superl. worthiest)

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous. "Full worthy was he in his lordes war." "These banished men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities." "Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be." "This worthy mind should worthy things embrace."

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." "The merciless Macdonwald, Worthy to be a rebel." "Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear." "And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness." "The lodging is well worthy of the guest."

Of high station; of high social position. (Obs.) "Worthy women of the town."

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.

noun

Worthy n. (pl. worthies) A man of eminent worth or value; one distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of conspicuous desert; much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the church; political worthies; military worthies. "The blood of ancient worthies in his veins."

verb

Worthy v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. (Obs.)

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... institutions. All these we must lay on the back of our Englishman, whose compatriots we confess are apt to assume a latitude of style hardly tolerated among us. In the mean time, gentle Public, respected Cockney, and worthy Mail-Robber, we cry ...

— The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 - Volume 23, Number 1 • Various

... stand about like a spy. It was part of his business to be able to be present in various places almost at the same time, and not to attract notice in any of them. It was not until after ten o'clock that he saw anything worthy of his observation, and then a carriage drove up to the front entrance, and on the seat beside the driver sat Cheditafa, erect, solemn, and respectable. Presently the negro got down and opened the door of the carriage. In a few moments a lady, a ...

— The Adventures of Captain Horn • Frank Richard Stockton

... difficult to find a scientific question of a higher character, debated by champions more worthy ...

— Principles Of Political Economy • William Roscher

... for illustration confirm the view that such pieces often lack artistic merit, the collection nevertheless reveals the deeds—in war, politics, technology, diplomacy, sports—that our forebears deemed worthy of special recognition. And it helps to bring alive some figures now submerged in our ...

— Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology • Margaret Brown Klapthor

... How can you expect me to gush over about an old person I have not so much as seen?" She added as an afterthought:—"However worthy she ...

— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

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