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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.] [1913 Webster] 1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. [Obsoles.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak. [1913 Webster] This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe. [1913 Webster] 2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor of; to adore; to venerate. [1913 Webster] But God is to be worshiped. --Shak. [1913 Webster] When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize. [1913 Webster] With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew. [1913 Webster] Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor. [1913 Webster]