Standard Lemma guide

worthen

name · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 TH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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2

name

Meaning 2

A village in Worthen with Shelve parish, western Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3204).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

An unincorporated community in Galla Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: assess, esteem, rate, appraise, apprise, apprize, evaluate, judge, price, prize, valuate, value, weigh, worthen

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

past participle of worth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

From worth + -en.

From worth (“to become”).

Real reading context

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