worshipping

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worshipping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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     1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
        [Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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              Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
              Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph.   --Shak.
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              This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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     2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
        and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
        of; to adore; to venerate.
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              But God is to be worshiped.           --Shak.
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              When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
        a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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              With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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     Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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