Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.