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. 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) 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. Worshipability
(Wor`ship*a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.] Coleridge.
Worshipable
(Wor"ship*a*ble) a. Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.] Carlyle.
Worshiper
(Wor"ship*er) n. One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or thing; one
who adores. [Written also worshipper.]
Worshipful
(Wor"ship*ful) a. Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of
honor; — often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically. "This is worshipful society." Shak.
[She is] so dear and worshipful.
Chaucer. — Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. — Wor"ship*ful*ness, n.
Worst
(Worst) a., superl. of Bad. [OE. werst, worste, wurste, AS. wyrst, wierst, wierrest. See
Worse, a.] Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See
Worse. "Heard so oft in worst extremes." Milton.
I have a wife, the worst that may be.
Chaucer.
If thou hadst not been born the worst of men,
Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer.
Shak.