The Collaborative International Dictionary
Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worshiped Worshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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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.
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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.
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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.