English

Verb

worthen ‎(third-person singular simple present worthens, present participle worthening, simple past and past participle worthened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give worth to; value; make or become worth or worthy; appraise.
   • 1894, George Egerton, Discords:

     Woman has cheapened herself body and soul through ignorant innocence, she must learn to worthen herself by all-seeing knowledge.

   • 1898, George Egerton, The wheel of God:

     Then one day — God! how that day worthens all the other days! — he took me, and told me that he loved me — me, poor, plain, ignorant, ugly [...]

   • 1968, Bit International:

     Others however, have been retained and even worthened.

Etymology 2

From worth ‎(“to become”).

Verb

worthen

1. past participle of worth.