Hypertext Webster Gateway: "worth"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Worth \Worth\, v. i. [OE. worthen, wur[thorn]en, to become, AS.
weor[eth]an; akin to OS. wer[eth]an, D. worden, G. werden,
OHG. werdan, Icel. ver[eth]a, Sw. varda, Goth. wa['i]rpan, L.
vertere to turn, Skr. v[.r]t, v. i., to turn, to roll, to
become. [root]143. Cf. {Verse}, -{ward}, {Weird}.]
To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases,
woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb
is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in
the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are
equivalent phrases.

I counsel . . . to let the cat worthe. --Piers
Plowman.

He worth upon [got upon] his steed gray. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Worth \Worth\, n. [OE. worth, wur[thorn], AS. weor[eth],
wur[eth]; weor[eth], wur[eth], adj. See {Worth}, a.]
1. That quality of a thing which renders it valuable or
useful; sum of valuable qualities which render anything
useful and sought; value; hence, often, value as expressed
in a standard, as money; equivalent in exchange; price.

What 's worth in anything But so much money as 't
will bring? --Hudibras.

2. Value in respect of moral or personal qualities;
excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness;
as, a man or magistrate of great worth.

To be of worth, and worthy estimation. --Shak.

As none but she, who in that court did dwell, Could
know such worth, or worth describe so well.
--Waller.

To think how modest worth neglected lies.
--Shenstone.

Syn: Desert; merit; excellence; price; rate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Worth \Worth\, a. [OE. worth, wur[thorn], AS. weor[eth], wurE;
akin to OFries. werth, OS. wer[eth], D. waard, OHG. werd, G.
wert, werth, Icel. ver[eth]r, Sw. v["a]rd, Dan. v[ae]rd,
Goth. wa['i]rps, and perhaps to E. wary. Cf. {Stalwart},
{Ware} an article of merchandise, {Worship}.]
1. Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while. [Obs.]

It was not worth to make it wise. --Chaucer.

2. Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to
be exchanged for.

A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats. --Shak.

All our doings without charity are nothing worth.
--Bk. of Com.
Prayer.

If your arguments produce no conviction, they are
worth nothing to me. --Beattie.

3. Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a
good sense.

To reign is worth ambition, though in hell.
--Milton.

This is life indeed, life worth preserving.
--Addison.

4. Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to
the value of.

At Geneva are merchants reckoned worth twenty
hundred crowns. --Addison.

{Worth while}, or {Worth the while}. See under {While}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Present value \Pres"ent value\ or worth \worth\ (of money
payable at a future date).
The principal which, drawing interest at a given rate, will
amount to the given sum at the date on which this is to be
paid; thus, interest being at 6%, the present value of $106
due one year hence is $100.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

worth
adj 1: having sufficient worth; "an idea worth considering"; "a
cause deserving or meriting support"; "the deserving
poor" (often used ironically) [syn: {deserving(p)}, {meriting(p)},
{worth(p)}]
2: having a specified value; "a house valued at a million
dollars"; "not worth his salt"; "worth her weight in gold"
[syn: {worth(p)}, {valued at(p)}]
n 1: an indefinite quantity of something having a specified
value; "10 dollars worth of gasoline"
2: the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or
useful [ant: {worthlessness}]
3: French couturier (born in England) regarded as the founder
of Parisian haute couture; noted for introducing the
bustle (1825-1895) [syn: {Worth}, {Charles Frederick Worth}]


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