WORTHIED
Verb
worthied
simple past tense and past participle of worthy
Anagrams
• hot-wired, hotwired
Source: Wiktionary
WORTHY
Wor"thy, a. [Compar. Worthier (; superl. Worthiest.] Etym: [OE.
worthi, wurÞi, from worth, wurÞ, n.; cf. Icel. verthugr, D. waardig,
G. würdig, OHG. wirdig. 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.
Wor"thy, n.; pl. Worthies (.
Definition: 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. Cowper.
Wor"thy, v. t.
Definition: To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition