WORTHY
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Wor"thy (?), a. [Compar. Worthier (&unr_;); superl. Worthiest.] [OE. worthi, wurþi, from worth, wurþ, n.; cf. Icel. verðugr, D. waardig, G. w&ü;rdig, OHG. wird&ī;g. See Worth, n.]
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1. Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.
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Full worthy was he in his lordes war.
Chaucer.
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These banished men that I have kept withal
Are men endued with worthy qualities.
Shak.
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Happier thou mayst be, worthier canst not be.
Milton.
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This worthy mind should worthy things embrace.
Sir J. Davies.
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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.
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No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
Shak.
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The merciless Macdonwald,
Worthy to be a rebel.
Shak.
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Whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
Matt. iii. 11.
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And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know
More happiness.
Milton.
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The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
Dryden.
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3. Of high station; of high social position. [Obs.]
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Worthy women of the town.
Chaucer.
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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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Wor"thy, n.; pl. Worthies (&unr_;). 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.
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The blood of ancient worthies in his veins.
Cowper.
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Wor"thy, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] Shak.
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