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.
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}]
worshipped
adj : regarded with deep or rapturous love (especially as if for a
god); "adored grandchildren"; "an idolized wife" [syn:
{adored}, {idolized}, {idolised}, {worshipped(a)}]
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}]
worshipped
See {worship}