| slovo | definícia |
worship
(mass) | worship
- uctievanie, uctievať |
worship
(encz) | worship,bohoslužba n: jose |
worship
(encz) | worship,klanět se v: PetrV |
worship
(encz) | worship,mše n: jose |
worship
(encz) | worship,uctívání n: Zdeněk Brož |
worship
(encz) | worship,uctívat v: PetrV |
worship
(encz) | worship,zbožňovat v: |
Worship
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, v. i.
To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform
religious service.
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Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that
in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
--John iv. 20.
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Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in
silence? --Longfellow.
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Worship
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth,
a., and -ship.]
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1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.
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Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.
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2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
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Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.
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Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.
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3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.
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My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.
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4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God
with idols in their worship joined." --Milton.
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The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.
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5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.
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'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak.
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6. An object of worship.
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In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See
under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
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Worship
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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worship
(wn) | worship
n 1: the activity of worshipping
2: a feeling of profound love and admiration [syn: worship,
adoration]
v 1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess;
venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
[syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship,
revere]
2: show devotion to (a deity); "Many Hindus worship Shiva"
3: attend religious services; "They worship in the traditional
manner" |
worship
(devil) | WORSHIP, n. Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and
fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an
element of pride.
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WORSHIP
(bouvier) | WORSHIP. The honor and homage rendered to the Creator.
2. In the United States, this is free, every one being at liberty to
worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. Vide Christianity;
Religious test.
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WORSHIP
(bouvier) | WORSHIP, Eng. law. A title or addition given to certain persons. 2 Inst.
666; Bac. Ab. Misnomer, A 2.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
worshiper
(mass) | worshiper
- uctievač, ten kto uctieva |
devil worshiper
(encz) | devil worshiper, n: |
devil-worship
(encz) | devil-worship, n: |
fire-worship
(encz) | fire-worship,uctívání ohně Zdeněk Brož |
fish-worship
(encz) | fish-worship, n: |
hero worship
(encz) | hero worship, n: |
hero worshiper
(encz) | hero worshiper, n: |
hero worshipper
(encz) | hero worshipper, n: |
hero-worship
(encz) | hero-worship, v: |
house of worship
(encz) | house of worship, n: |
idol worship
(encz) | idol worship, n: |
idol worshiper
(encz) | idol worshiper, n: |
miracle-worship
(encz) | miracle-worship, n: |
moon-worship
(encz) | moon-worship, n: |
nature worship
(encz) | nature worship, n: |
place of worship
(encz) | place of worship, n: |
place-worship
(encz) | place-worship, n: |
self-worship
(encz) | self-worship, n: |
serpent-worship
(encz) | serpent-worship, n: |
sun worshiper
(encz) | sun worshiper, n: |
sun-worship
(encz) | sun-worship, n: |
symbol-worship
(encz) | symbol-worship, n: |
tree-worship
(encz) | tree-worship, n: |
woman-worship
(encz) | woman-worship, n: |
word-worship
(encz) | word-worship, n: |
worship of heavenly bodies
(encz) | worship of heavenly bodies, n: |
worship of man
(encz) | worship of man, n: |
worship of saints
(encz) | worship of saints, n: |
worship the ground she walks on
(encz) | worship the ground she walks on, |
worshiped
(encz) | worshiped,uctívaný adj: Martin Ligač |
worshiper
(encz) | worshiper, |
worshipful
(encz) | worshipful,ctihodný adj: Zdeněk Brožworshipful,důstojný adj: Zdeněk Brožworshipful,uctivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
worshiping
(encz) | worshiping,uctívání v: Martin Ligač |
worshipped
(encz) | worshipped,uctíval v: Zdeněk Brožworshipped,uctívaný adj: Zdeněk Brožworshipped,vážený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
worshipper
(encz) | worshipper,uctívač n: PetrVworshipper,věřící n: PetrV |
worshippers
(encz) | worshippers,uctívatelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
worshipping
(encz) | worshipping,uctívání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Devil worship
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth,
a., and -ship.]
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1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.
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Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.
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2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
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Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.
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Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.
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3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.
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My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.
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4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God
with idols in their worship joined." --Milton.
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The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.
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5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.
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'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak.
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6. An object of worship.
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In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See
under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
[1913 Webster]Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil
Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), one of two or more South African drongo
shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
saccharina}, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.)
(a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
(b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), the common British
starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), the American mantis ({Mantis
Carolina}).
The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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Disworship
(gcide) | Disworship \Dis*wor"ship\, v. t.
To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [Obs.] --Sir T.
More.
[1913 Webster]Disworship \Dis*wor"ship\, n.
A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.
[Obs.] --Milton.
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Fire worship
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth,
a., and -ship.]
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1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.
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Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.
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2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
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Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.
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Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.
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3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.
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My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.
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4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God
with idols in their worship joined." --Milton.
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The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.
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5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.
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'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak.
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6. An object of worship.
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In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See
under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
[1913 Webster]Fire \Fire\ (f[imac]r), n. [OE. fir, fyr, fur AS. f[=y]r; akin
to D. vuur, OS. & OHG. fiur, G. feuer, Icel. f[=y]ri,
f[=u]rr, Gr. py^r, and perh. to L. purus pure, E. pure Cf.
Empyrean, Pyre.]
1. The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of
bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
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Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases
in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as
the four elements of which all things are composed.
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2. Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a
stove or a furnace.
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3. The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
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4. Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
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5. Ardor of passion, whether love or hate; excessive warmth;
consuming violence of temper.
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he had fire in his temper. --Atterbury.
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6. Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral
enthusiasm; capacity for ardor and zeal.
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And bless their critic with a poet's fire. --Pope.
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7. Splendor; brilliancy; luster; hence, a star.
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Stars, hide your fires. --Shak.
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As in a zodiac
representing the heavenly fires. --Milton.
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8. Torture by burning; severe trial or affliction.
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9. The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were
exposed to a heavy fire.
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Blue fire, Red fire, Green fire (Pyrotech.),
compositions of various combustible substances, as
sulphur, niter, lampblack, etc., the flames of which are
colored by various metallic salts, as those of antimony,
strontium, barium, etc.
Fire alarm
(a) A signal given on the breaking out of a fire.
(b) An apparatus for giving such an alarm.
Fire annihilator, a machine, device, or preparation to be
kept at hand for extinguishing fire by smothering it with
some incombustible vapor or gas, as carbonic acid.
Fire balloon.
(a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air
heated by a fire placed in the lower part.
(b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite
at a regulated height. --Simmonds.
Fire bar, a grate bar.
Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. --Knight.
Fire beetle. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary.
Fire blast, a disease of plants which causes them to appear
as if burnt by fire.
Fire box, the chamber of a furnace, steam boiler, etc., for
the fire.
Fire brick, a refractory brick, capable of sustaining
intense heat without fusion, usually made of fire clay or
of siliceous material, with some cementing substance, and
used for lining fire boxes, etc.
Fire brigade, an organized body of men for extinguished
fires.
Fire bucket. See under Bucket.
Fire bug, an incendiary; one who, from malice or through
mania, persistently sets fire to property; a pyromaniac.
[U.S.]
Fire clay. See under Clay.
Fire company, a company of men managing an engine in
extinguishing fires.
Fire cross. See Fiery cross. [Obs.] --Milton.
Fire damp. See under Damp.
Fire dog. See Firedog, in the Vocabulary.
Fire drill.
(a) A series of evolutions performed by fireman for
practice.
(b) An apparatus for producing fire by friction, by
rapidly twirling a wooden pin in a wooden socket; --
used by the Hindoos during all historic time, and by
many savage peoples.
Fire eater.
(a) A juggler who pretends to eat fire.
(b) A quarrelsome person who seeks affrays; a hotspur.
[Colloq.]
Fire engine, a portable forcing pump, usually on wheels,
for throwing water to extinguish fire.
Fire escape, a contrivance for facilitating escape from
burning buildings.
Fire gilding (Fine Arts), a mode of gilding with an amalgam
of gold and quicksilver, the latter metal being driven off
afterward by heat.
Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire
gilding.
Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire;
also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes,
in consideration of the payment of a premium or small
percentage -- usually made periodically -- to indemnify an
owner of property from loss by fire during a specified
period.
Fire irons, utensils for a fireplace or grate, as tongs,
poker, and shovel.
Fire main, a pipe for water, to be used in putting out
fire.
Fire master
(Mil), an artillery officer who formerly supervised the
composition of fireworks.
Fire office, an office at which to effect insurance against
fire.
Fire opal, a variety of opal giving firelike reflections.
Fire ordeal, an ancient mode of trial, in which the test
was the ability of the accused to handle or tread upon
red-hot irons. --Abbot.
Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially
the receptacle for the priming of a gun.
Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the
main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing
fires.
Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing the
contract of insurance against loss by fire.
Fire pot.
(a) (Mil.) A small earthen pot filled with combustibles,
formerly used as a missile in war.
(b) The cast iron vessel which holds the fuel or fire in a
furnace.
(c) A crucible.
(d) A solderer's furnace.
Fire raft, a raft laden with combustibles, used for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire roll, a peculiar beat of the drum to summon men to
their quarters in case of fire.
Fire setting (Mining), the process of softening or cracking
the working face of a lode, to facilitate excavation, by
exposing it to the action of fire; -- now generally
superseded by the use of explosives. --Raymond.
Fire ship, a vessel filled with combustibles, for setting
fire to an enemy's ships.
Fire shovel, a shovel for taking up coals of fire.
Fire stink, the stench from decomposing iron pyrites,
caused by the formation of hydrogen sulfide. --Raymond.
Fire surface, the surfaces of a steam boiler which are
exposed to the direct heat of the fuel and the products of
combustion; heating surface.
Fire swab, a swab saturated with water, for cooling a gun
in action and clearing away particles of powder, etc.
--Farrow.
Fire teaser, in England, the fireman of a steam emgine.
Fire water, a strong alcoholic beverage; -- so called by
the American Indians.
Fire worship, the worship of fire, which prevails chiefly
in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called
Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India.
Greek fire. See under Greek.
On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager;
zealous.
Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession
by a line of troops.
St. Anthony's fire, erysipelas; -- an eruptive fever which
St. Anthony was supposed to cure miraculously. --Hoblyn.
St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint Elmo.
To set on fire, to inflame; to kindle.
To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
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Hero worship
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth,
a., and -ship.]
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1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.
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Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.
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2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
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Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.
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Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.
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3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.
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My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.
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4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God
with idols in their worship joined." --Milton.
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The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.
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5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.
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'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak.
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6. An object of worship.
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In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See
under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
[1913 Webster]Hero \He"ro\ (h[=e]"r[-o]), n.; pl. Heroes (h[=e]"r[=o]z). [F.
h['e]ros, L. heros, Gr. "h`rws.]
1. (Myth.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after
death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules.
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2. A man of distinguished valor or enterprise in danger, or
fortitude in suffering; a prominent or central personage
in any remarkable action or event; hence, a great or
illustrious person.
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Each man is a hero and oracle to somebody.
--Emerson.
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3. The principal personage in a poem, story, and the like, or
the person who has the principal share in the transactions
related; as Achilles in the Iliad, Ulysses in the Odyssey,
and Aeneas in the Aeneid.
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The shining quality of an epic hero. --Dryden.
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Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened
to the ancient worship of heroes.
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Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever
exist, universally among mankind. --Carlyle.
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Image worship
(gcide) | Image \Im"age\ ([i^]m"[asl]j; 48), n. [F., fr. L. imago,
imaginis, from the root of imitari to imitate. See Imitate,
and cf. Imagine.]
1. An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person,
thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise
made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a
copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
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Even like a stony image, cold and numb. --Shak.
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Whose is this image and superscription? --Matt.
xxii. 20.
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This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna.
--Shak.
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And God created man in his own image. --Gen. i. 27.
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2. Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid;
an idol. --Chaucer.
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . .
. thou shalt not bow down thyself to them. --Ex. xx.
4, 5.
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3. Show; appearance; cast.
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The face of things a frightful image bears.
--Dryden.
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4. A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn
by the fancy; a conception; an idea.
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Can we conceive
Image of aught delightful, soft, or great? --Prior.
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5. (Rhet.) A picture, example, or illustration, often taken
from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject;
usually, an extended metaphor. --Brande & C.
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6. (Opt.) The figure or picture of any object formed at the
focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the
several points of the object symmetrically refracted or
reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may
be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the
retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with
an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the
likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see
one's image in a mirror.
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Electrical image. See under Electrical.
Image breaker, one who destroys images; an iconoclast.
Image graver, Image maker, a sculptor.
Image worship, the worship of images as symbols; iconolatry
distinguished from idolatry; the worship of images
themselves.
Image Purkinje (Physics), the image of the retinal blood
vessels projected in, not merely on, that membrane.
Virtual image (Optics), a point or system of points, on one
side of a mirror or lens, which, if it existed, would emit
the system of rays which actually exists on the other side
of the mirror or lens. --Clerk Maxwell.
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Knee worship
(gcide) | Knee \Knee\ (n[=e]), n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne['o], cne['o]w;
akin to OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[imac], G. & D. knie, OHG.
chniu, chneo, Icel. kn[=e], Sw. kn[aum], Dan. kn[ae], Goth.
kniu, L. genu, Gr. go`ny, Skr. j[=a]nu, [root]231. Cf.
Genuflection.]
1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
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2. (Anat.)
(a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh
and leg.
(b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint,
corresponding to the wrist in man.
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3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed
with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when
bent.
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4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
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Give them title, knee, and approbation. --Shak.
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Knee breeches. See under Breeches.
Knee holly, Knee holm (Bot.), butcher's broom.
Knee joint. See in the Vocabulary.
Knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it.
Knee tribute, or Knee worship, tribute paid by kneeling;
worship by genuflection. [Obs.] "Knee tribute yet unpaid."
--Milton.
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Misworship
(gcide) | Misworship \Mis*wor"ship\, n.
Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. --Bp.
Hall.
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Such hideous jungle of misworships. --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]Misworship \Mis*wor"ship\, v. t.
To worship wrongly. --Bp. Hall.
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Misworshiper
(gcide) | Misworshiper \Mis*wor"ship*er\, n.
One who worships wrongly.
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Nature worship
(gcide) | Nature \Na"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. natura, fr. natus
born, produced, p. p. of nasci to be born. See Nation.]
1. The existing system of things; the universe of matter,
energy, time and space; the physical world; all of
creation. Contrasted with the world of mankind, with its
mental and social phenomena.
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But looks through nature up to nature's God. --Pope.
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When, in the course of human Events, it becomes
necessary for one People to dissolve the Political
Bonds which have connected them with another, ans to
assume among the powers of the earth the separate
and equal Station which the Laws of Nature and of
Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the
Opinions of Mankind requires that they should
declare the causes that impel them to the
Separation. --Declaration
of
Independence
Nature has caprices which art can not imitate.
--Macaulay.
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2. The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the
powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the
total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the
processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of
as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of
all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a
creating or ordering intelligence; as, produced by nature;
the forces of nature.
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I oft admire
How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit
Such disproportions. --Milton.
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3. The established or regular course of things; usual order
of events; connection of cause and effect.
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4. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from
that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual
experience.
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One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
--Shak.
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5. The sum of qualities and attributes which make a person or
thing what it is, as distinct from others; native
character; inherent or essential qualities or attributes;
peculiar constitution or quality of being.
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Thou, therefore, whom thou only canst redeem,
Their nature also to thy nature join,
And be thyself man among men on earth. --Milton.
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6. Hence: Kind, sort; character; quality.
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A dispute of this nature caused mischief. --Dryden.
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7. Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the
natural life. "My days of nature." --Shak.
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Oppressed nature sleeps. --Shak.
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8. Natural affection or reverence.
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Have we not seen
The murdering son ascend his parent's bed,
Through violated nature force his way? --Pope.
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9. Constitution or quality of mind or character.
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A born devil, on whose nature
Nurture can never stick. --Shak.
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That reverence which is due to a superior nature.
--Addison.
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Good nature, Ill nature. see under Good and Ill.
In a state of nature.
(a) Naked as when born; nude.
(b) In a condition of sin; unregenerate.
(c) Untamed; uncivilized.
Nature printing, a process of printing from metallic or
other plates which have received an impression, as by
heavy pressure, of an object such as a leaf, lace, or the
like.
Nature worship, the worship of the personified powers of
nature.
To pay the debt of nature, to die.
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Self-worship
(gcide) | Self-worship \Self"-wor`ship\, n.
The idolizing of one's self; immoderate self-conceit.
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Unworship
(gcide) | Unworship \Un*wor"ship\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + worship.]
To deprive of worship or due honor; to dishonor. [Obs.]
--Wyclif.
[1913 Webster]Unworship \Un*wor"ship\, n. [Pref. un- not + worship.]
Lack of worship or respect; dishonor. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Unworshiped
(gcide) | Unworshiped \Unworshiped\
See worshiped. |
Unworshipful
(gcide) | Unworshipful \Unworshipful\
See worshipful. |
Will worship
(gcide) | Will \Will\, n. [OE. wille, AS. willa; akin to OFries. willa,
OS. willeo, willio, D. wil, G. wille, Icel. vili, Dan.
villie, Sw. vilja, Goth wilja. See Will, v.]
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1. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the
soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or
power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do;
the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two
or more objects.
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It is necessary to form a distinct notion of what is
meant by the word "volition" in order to understand
the import of the word will, for this last word
expresses the power of mind of which "volition" is
the act. --Stewart.
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Will is an ambiguous word, being sometimes put for
the faculty of willing; sometimes for the act of
that faculty, besides [having] other meanings. But
"volition" always signifies the act of willing, and
nothing else. --Reid.
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Appetite is the will's solicitor, and the will is
appetite's controller; what we covet according to
the one, by the other we often reject. --Hooker.
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The will is plainly that by which the mind chooses
anything. --J. Edwards.
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2. The choice which is made; a determination or preference
which results from the act or exercise of the power of
choice; a volition.
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The word "will," however, is not always used in this
its proper acceptation, but is frequently
substituted for "volition", as when I say that my
hand mover in obedience to my will. --Stewart.
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3. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a
decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
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Thy will be done. --Matt. vi.
10.
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Our prayers should be according to the will of God.
--Law.
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4. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
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Note: "Inclination is another word with which will is
frequently confounded. Thus, when the apothecary says,
in Romeo and Juliet,
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My poverty, but not my will, consents; . . .
Put this in any liquid thing you will,
And drink it off.
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synonymous with inclination; not in the strict logical
sense, as the immediate antecedent of action. It is
with the same latitude that the word is used in common
conversation, when we speak of doing a thing which duty
prescribes, against one's own will; or when we speak of
doing a thing willingly or unwillingly." --Stewart.
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5. That which is strongly wished or desired.
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What's your will, good friar? --Shak.
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The mariner hath his will. --Coleridge.
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6. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or
determine.
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Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies.
--Ps. xxvii.
12.
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7. (Law) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the
manner in which he would have his property or estate
disposed of after his death; the written instrument,
legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his
estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise.
See the Note under Testament, 1.
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Note: Wills are written or nuncupative, that is, oral. See
Nuncupative will, under Nuncupative.
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At will (Law), at pleasure. To hold an estate at the will
of another, is to enjoy the possession at his pleasure,
and be liable to be ousted at any time by the lessor or
proprietor. An estate at will is at the will of both
parties.
Good will. See under Good.
Ill will, enmity; unfriendliness; malevolence.
To have one's will, to obtain what is desired; to do what
one pleases.
Will worship, worship according to the dictates of the will
or fancy; formal worship. [Obs.]
Will worshiper, one who offers will worship. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
With a will, with willingness and zeal; with all one's
heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.
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Will worshiper
(gcide) | Will \Will\, n. [OE. wille, AS. willa; akin to OFries. willa,
OS. willeo, willio, D. wil, G. wille, Icel. vili, Dan.
villie, Sw. vilja, Goth wilja. See Will, v.]
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1. The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the
soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or
power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do;
the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two
or more objects.
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It is necessary to form a distinct notion of what is
meant by the word "volition" in order to understand
the import of the word will, for this last word
expresses the power of mind of which "volition" is
the act. --Stewart.
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Will is an ambiguous word, being sometimes put for
the faculty of willing; sometimes for the act of
that faculty, besides [having] other meanings. But
"volition" always signifies the act of willing, and
nothing else. --Reid.
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Appetite is the will's solicitor, and the will is
appetite's controller; what we covet according to
the one, by the other we often reject. --Hooker.
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The will is plainly that by which the mind chooses
anything. --J. Edwards.
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2. The choice which is made; a determination or preference
which results from the act or exercise of the power of
choice; a volition.
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The word "will," however, is not always used in this
its proper acceptation, but is frequently
substituted for "volition", as when I say that my
hand mover in obedience to my will. --Stewart.
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3. The choice or determination of one who has authority; a
decree; a command; discretionary pleasure.
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Thy will be done. --Matt. vi.
10.
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Our prayers should be according to the will of God.
--Law.
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4. Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose.
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Note: "Inclination is another word with which will is
frequently confounded. Thus, when the apothecary says,
in Romeo and Juliet,
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My poverty, but not my will, consents; . . .
Put this in any liquid thing you will,
And drink it off.
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synonymous with inclination; not in the strict logical
sense, as the immediate antecedent of action. It is
with the same latitude that the word is used in common
conversation, when we speak of doing a thing which duty
prescribes, against one's own will; or when we speak of
doing a thing willingly or unwillingly." --Stewart.
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5. That which is strongly wished or desired.
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What's your will, good friar? --Shak.
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The mariner hath his will. --Coleridge.
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6. Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or
determine.
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Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies.
--Ps. xxvii.
12.
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7. (Law) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the
manner in which he would have his property or estate
disposed of after his death; the written instrument,
legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his
estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise.
See the Note under Testament, 1.
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Note: Wills are written or nuncupative, that is, oral. See
Nuncupative will, under Nuncupative.
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At will (Law), at pleasure. To hold an estate at the will
of another, is to enjoy the possession at his pleasure,
and be liable to be ousted at any time by the lessor or
proprietor. An estate at will is at the will of both
parties.
Good will. See under Good.
Ill will, enmity; unfriendliness; malevolence.
To have one's will, to obtain what is desired; to do what
one pleases.
Will worship, worship according to the dictates of the will
or fancy; formal worship. [Obs.]
Will worshiper, one who offers will worship. [Obs.] --Jer.
Taylor.
With a will, with willingness and zeal; with all one's
heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.
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Worship
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, v. i.
To perform acts of homage or adoration; esp., to perform
religious service.
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Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say that
in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
--John iv. 20.
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Was it for this I have loved . . . and worshiped in
silence? --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]Worship \Wor"ship\, n. [OE. worshipe, wur[eth]scipe, AS.
weor[eth]scipe; weor[eth] worth + -scipe -ship. See Worth,
a., and -ship.]
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1. Excellence of character; dignity; worth; worthiness.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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A man of worship and honour. --Chaucer.
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Elfin, born of noble state,
And muckle worship in his native land. --Spenser.
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2. Honor; respect; civil deference. [Obs.]
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Of which great worth and worship may be won.
--Spenser.
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Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them
that sit at meat with thee. --Luke xiv.
10.
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3. Hence, a title of honor, used in addresses to certain
magistrates and others of rank or station.
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My father desires your worships' company. --Shak.
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4. The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being;
religious reverence and homage; adoration, or acts of
reverence, paid to God, or a being viewed as God. "God
with idols in their worship joined." --Milton.
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The worship of God is an eminent part of religion,
and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
--Tillotson.
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5. Obsequious or submissive respect; extravagant admiration;
adoration.
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'T is your inky brows, your black silk hair,
Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream,
That can my spirits to your worship. --Shak.
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6. An object of worship.
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In attitude and aspect formed to be
At once the artist's worship and despair.
--Longfellow.
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Devil worship, Fire worship, Hero worship, etc. See
under Devil, Fire, Hero, etc.
[1913 Webster]Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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Worshipability
(gcide) | Worshipability \Wor`ship*a*bil"i*ty\, n.
The quality of being worthy to be worshiped. [R.]
--Coleridge.
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Worshipable
(gcide) | Worshipable \Wor"ship*a*ble\, a.
Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. [R.]
--Carlyle.
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Worshiped
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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Worshiper
(gcide) | Worshiper \Wor"ship*er\, n.
One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or
thing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper.]
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Worshipful
(gcide) | Worshipful \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.
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[She is] so dear and worshipful. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. --
Wor"ship*ful*ness, n.
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Worshipfully
(gcide) | Worshipful \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.
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[She is] so dear and worshipful. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. --
Wor"ship*ful*ness, n.
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Worshipfulness
(gcide) | Worshipful \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.
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[She is] so dear and worshipful. --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. --
Wor"ship*ful*ness, n.
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Worshiping
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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Worshipped
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
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1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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worshipper
(gcide) | Worshiper \Wor"ship*er\, n.
One who worships; one who pays divine honors to any being or
thing; one who adores. [Written also worshipper.]
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Worshipping
(gcide) | Worship \Wor"ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. WorshipedWorshipped;
p. pr. & vb. n. Worshiping or Worshipping.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To respect; to honor; to treat with civil reverence.
[Obsoles.] --Chaucer.
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Our grave . . . shall have a tongueless mouth,
Not worshiped with a waxen epitaph. --Shak.
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This holy image that is man God worshipeth. --Foxe.
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2. To pay divine honors to; to reverence with supreme respect
and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honor
of; to adore; to venerate.
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But God is to be worshiped. --Shak.
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When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
--Milton.
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3. To honor with extravagant love and extreme submission, as
a lover; to adore; to idolize.
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With bended knees I daily worship her. --Carew.
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Syn: To adore; revere; reverence; bow to; honor.
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ancestor worship
(wn) | ancestor worship
n 1: worship of ancestors |
animal-worship
(wn) | animal-worship
n 1: the worship of animals [syn: zoolatry, animal-worship] |
bible-worship
(wn) | Bible-worship
n 1: the worship of the Bible [syn: bibliolatry, {Bible-
worship}] |
devil worshiper
(wn) | devil worshiper
n 1: someone who worships devils |
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