Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WOR-SHIP
WOR-SHIP, v.t.
- To adore; to pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect and veneration. Thou shalt worship no other God. – Ex. xxxiv. Adore and worship God supreme. – Milton.
- To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. Nor worship'd with a waxen epitaph. – Shak.
- To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission; as a lover. With beaded knees I daily worship her. – Carew.
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