2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worshiped}or
{Worshipped}; p. pr & vb n. {Worshiping} or {Worshipping}.]
1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not
worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
This holy image that is man God worshipeth --Foxe.
2. To pay divine honors to to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of to adore; to venerate.
But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
With bended knees I daily worship her --Carew.
Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to honor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
worshiping
adj : that is at worship; "a worshiping group" [syn: {worshipping}]
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