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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}{Worshipped};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Worshiping} or {Worshipping}.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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