1. Verb
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.
2. Adjective
Valuable; of worthy; estimable; also, worth while.
3. Adjective
Equal in value to; furnishing an equivalent for; proper to be exchanged for.
4. Adjective
Deserving of; -- in a good or bad sense, but chiefly in a good sense.
5. Adjective
Having possessions equal to; having wealth or estate to the value of.
6. Adjective
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.
7. Adjective
Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth.
8. Noun
the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful
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