| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  wûrth |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: worthed, worth·ing, worths
Archaic To befall; betide: “Howl ye, Woe worth the day!” (Ezekiel 30:2). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English worthen, from Old English weorthan. See wer-2 in Appendix I.
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