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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.
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