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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Worship \Wor"ship\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worship
noun
1: the activity of worshipping
2: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: {adoration}]
verb
1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" [syn: {idolize}, {idolise}, {hero-worship}, {revere}]
2: show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
3: attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional manner" [also: {worshipping}, {worshipped}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worshipped
adjective: regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife" [syn: {adored}, {idolized}, {idolised}, {worshipped(a)}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
worshipped See {worship}
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