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.
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.
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.
Wor`ship*a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being worthy to be
worshiped. [R.] Coleridge.
Wor"ship*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship.
[R.] Carlyle.
Wor"ship*er (?), n. One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any
being or thing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper.]
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 (?), 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.