English Dictionary: worshiped | by the DICT Development Group |
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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. |