Worthy, deserving. Frequently with infinitive expressing what one is worthy of being or doing.
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释义 | society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > deserving (good or ill) (23) wurtheeOE Worthy, deserving. Frequently with infinitive expressing what one is worthy of being or doing. worthc1175 In a positive sense. Of sufficient merit; worthy, deserving. With infinitive as complement, specifying what one is deserving of. Obsolete. wrightfula1325 having deserved something. worthy1340 Without construction. Of a thing, action, etc.: of sufficient worth or value; sufficiently good; appropriate, fitting, suitable. dignec1386 Worthy, deserving. Const. of (to), or infinitive. condigna1513 Worthy, deserving. Const. of, to do a thing. Of persons. Obsolete (or archaic) meritorious1561 More generally of an action or agent: earning or deserving some specified good or evil. With of. Now rare. meriting1605 Deserving, meritorious. Also: that merits something (indicated by the context). Subcategories:— specifically of things (1) — of sufficient merit (3) — deserving by merit (9) — deserving by demerit (2) |
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