What is "worshiping"

Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worshiped 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.

alt. (context US English) (present participle of worship English) vb. (context US English) (present participle of worship English)

adj. that is at worship; "a worshiping group" [syn: worshipping]