worthen
verbEtymology From worth + -en.
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Ambitransitive To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.
- 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:
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- Others however, have been retained and even worthened.1968, Bit International, (Please provide the book title or journal name):