Worthy women of the town.
Chaucer.
Worthiest of blood (Eng. Law of Descent), most worthy of those of the
same blood to succeed or inherit; — applied to males, and expressive of
the preference given them over females. Burrill.
Wor"thy, n.; pl. Worthies (&?;). A man of eminent worth or value; one
distinguished for useful and estimable qualities; a person of
conspicuous desert; — much used in the plural; as, the worthies of the
church; political worthies; military worthies.
The blood of ancient worthies in his veins.
Cowper.
Wor"thy, v. t. To render worthy; to exalt into a hero. [Obs.] Shak.
Wost (?), 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.] Spenser.
Wot (?), 1st & 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. See the Note under
Wit, v. [Obs.]
Brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it.
Acts iii. 17.
{ Wot"est (?), Wot"test, } 2d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.]
{ Wot"eth (?), Wot"teth, } 3d pers. sing. pres. of Wit, to know. [Obs.]
"He wotteth neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth." Tyndale.
Woul (?), v. i. To howl. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Would (?), imp. of Will. [OE. & AS. wolde. See Will, v. t.] Commonly
used as an auxiliary verb, either in the past tense or in the
conditional or optative present. See 2d & 3d Will.
Would was formerly used also as the past participle of Will.
Right as our Lord hath would.
Chaucer.
Would (?), n. See 2d Weld.
Would"-be` (&?;), a. Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to
be; as, a would-be poet.
Would"ing, n. Emotion of desire; inclination; velleity. [Obs.] Hammond.