worthen

present singular third person worthens · participle present worthening · participle past worthened · past worthened

1. ambitransitiveTo give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.

   Others however, have been retained and even worthened.

   1968, Bit International, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

   2 more examples

   Woman has cheapened herself body and soul through ignorant innocence, she must learn to worthen herself by all-seeing knowledge.

   1894, George Egerton, Discords

   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 [...]

   1898, George Egerton, The wheel of God

   Synonyms: assess, esteem, rate, appraise, apprise, apprize, assess, esteem

1. participlepastpast participle of worth.

plural Worthens

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. countableuncountableA village in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3204).
3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Galla Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States.