Wors"er (?), a. Worse. [R.]

Thou dost deserve a worser end.

Beau. & Fl.

From worser thoughts which make me do amiss.

Bunyan.

A dreadful quiet felt, and, worser far Than arms, a sullen interval of

war.

Dryden.

This old and redundant form of the comparative occurs occasionally in

the best authors, although commonly accounted a vulgarism. It has, at

least, the analogy of lesser to sanction its issue. See Lesser. "The

experience of man's worser nature, which intercourse with ill-chosen

associates, by choice or circumstance, peculiarly teaches." Hallam.

Wor"ship (?), n. [OE. worshipe, wurðscipe, AS. weorðscipe; weorð worth

+ -scipe -ship. See Worth, a., and - ship.]

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