Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WOR-SHIP, v.t.

1. 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.
2. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence. Nor worship'd with a waxen epitaph. – Shak.
3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission; as a lover. With beaded knees I daily worship her. – Carew.