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worth

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1. worth - Noun

2. worth - Adjective

3. worth - Verb

4. worth - Adjective Satellite

5. Worth - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.

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

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

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

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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Euripides

A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything. Aristotle

When a man's fight begins within himself, he is worth something. Robert Browning

One hour of justice is worth seventy hours of prayer. Turkish Proverb

A house with two keys is worth nothing. African Congo Proverb

A good daughter is worth as much as seven sons. Armenian Proverb

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