Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to worthy
Participle: worthied
Gerund: worthying
Indicative
Present
| I | worthy |
| you | worthy |
| he;she;it | worthies |
| we | worthy |
| you | worthy |
| they | worthy |
Perfect
| I | have worthied |
| you | have worthied |
| he;she;it | has worthied |
| we | have worthied |
| you | have worthied |
| they | have worthied |
Past
| I | worthied |
| you | worthied |
| he;she;it | worthied |
| we | worthied |
| you | worthied |
| they | worthied |
Pluperfect
| I | had worthied |
| you | had worthied |
| he;she;it | had worthied |
| we | had worthied |
| you | had worthied |
| they | had worthied |
Future
| I | will worthy |
| you | will worthy |
| he;she;it | will worthy |
| we | will worthy |
| you | will worthy |
| they | will worthy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have worthied |
| you | will have worthied |
| he;she;it | will have worthied |
| we | will have worthied |
| you | will have worthied |
| they | will have worthied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | worthy |
| you | worthy |
| he;she;it | worthy |
| we | worthy |
| you | worthy |
| they | worthy |
Perfect
| I | have worthied |
| you | have worthied |
| he;she;it | have worthied |
| we | have worthied |
| you | have worthied |
| they | have worthied |
Imperfect
| I | worthied |
| you | worthied |
| he;she;it | worthied |
| we | worthied |
| you | worthied |
| they | worthied |
Pluperfect
| I | had worthied |
| you | had worthied |
| he;she;it | had worthied |
| we | had worthied |
| you | had worthied |
| they | had worthied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would worthy |
| you | would worthy |
| he;she;it | would worthy |
| we | would worthy |
| you | would worthy |
| they | would worthy |
Perfect
| I | would have worthied |
| you | would have worthied |
| he;she;it | would have worthied |
| we | would have worthied |
| you | would have worthied |
| they | would have worthied |
Imperative
| you | worthy |
| we | Let's worthy |
| you | worthy |
Verbs conjugated like 'worthy'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'worthy'
worth,
forth,
north,
worry,
worthen,
berth,
birth,
borry,
coath,
curtsy,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English worthien, wurthien, from Old English weorþian (“to esteem, honor, worship, distinguish, celebrate, exalt, praise, adorn, deck, enrich, reward”), from Proto-Germanic *werþōną (“to be worthy, estimate, appreciate, appraise”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with German werten (“to rate, judge, grade, score”), Swedish värdera (“to evaluate, rate, size up, assess, estimate”), Icelandic virða (“to respect, esteem”). See: Old English '
weorþian', Proto-Germanic '
*werþōną', German, old spelling '
werten', Swedish '
värdera', Icelandic '
virða'.
Sample Sentences
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And put upon him such a deal of man,
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That worthied him, got praises of the king […] [c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):]
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After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song. [1880, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature:]
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And it is a poor daub besides," the Emperor rejoined scornfully, as he stalked out of the gallery without worthying the artist with a look. [1908, Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, The court of Russia in the nineteenth century:]
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No henchman he worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence! [1910, Charles William Eliot, The Harvard classics: Beowulf:]