Wor·ship, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worshiped Worshipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping ∨ Worshipping.]
  1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.  [Obsoles.]
  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.
  worshiping
       adj : that is at worship; "a worshiping group" [syn: worshipping]