4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}{Worshipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} or {Worshipping}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak. [1913 Webster] This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe. [1913 Webster] 2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate. [1913 Webster] But God is to be worshiped. --Shak. [1913 Webster] When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. [1913 Webster] With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew. [1913 Webster] Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: worship n 1: the activity of worshipping 2: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: {adoration}] v 1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: {idolize}, {idolise}, {hero-worship}, {revere}] 2: show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva" 3: attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner" [also: {worshipping}, {worshipped}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: worshipped adj : regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife" [syn: {adored}, {idolized}, {idolised}, {worshipped(a)}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: worshipped See {worship}
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