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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
   weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See {Worth},
   a., and {-ship}.]
   1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
      [Obs.] --Shak.

            A man of worship and honour.          --Chaucer.

            Elfin, born of noble state, And muckle worship in
            his native land.                      --Spenser.

   2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]

            Of which great worth and worship may be won.
                                                  --Spenser.

            Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
            that sit at meat with thee.           --Luke xiv.
                                                  10.

   3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
      magistrates and others of rank or station.

            My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.

   4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
      religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
      reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. ``God
      with idols in their worship joined.'' --Milton.

            The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
            and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
                                                  --Tillotson.

   5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
      adoration.

            'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair, Your
            bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream, That can my
            spirits to your worship.              --Shak.

   6. An object of worship.

            In attitude and aspect formed to be At once the
            artist's worship and despair.         --Longfellow.

   {Devil worship}, {Fire worship}, {Hero worship}, etc. See
      under {Devil}, {Fire}, {Hero}, etc.

Worship \Wor"ship\, v. i.
   To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform
   religious service.

         Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that
         in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
                                                  --John iv. 20.

         Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in
         silence?                                 --Longfellow.

資料來源 : WordNet®

worship
     n 1: the activity of worshipping
     2: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: {adoration}]
     [also: {worshipping}, {worshipped}]

worship
     v 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}]