different between kneel vs worship
kneel
English
Etymology
From Middle English knelen, knewlen, from Old English cn?owlian (“to kneel”), equivalent to knee +? -le. Cognate with Dutch knielen (“to kneel”), Low German knelen (“to kneel”), dialectal German knielen, kneulen, knülen (“to kneel”), Danish knæle (“to kneel”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?l, IPA(key): /ni?l/
- Rhymes: -i?l
- Homophones: Neal, Neil, Niel
Verb
kneel (third-person singular simple present kneels, present participle kneeling, simple past and past participle knelt or kneeled)
- (intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
- When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
- (transitive) To cause to kneel.
- She knelt the doll to fit it into the box.
- (reflexive, archaic) To rest on (one's) knees
- He knelt him down to pray.
Hyponyms
- kneel down, genuflect
Derived terms
- kneeler
Translations
References
- kneel in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- kneel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- kneel at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- K?len
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worship
English
Alternative forms
- wurship (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English worschippe, worthschipe, from Old English weorþs?ipe; synchronically analyzable as worth (“worthy, honorable”) +? -ship. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w????p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w???p/, /?w????p/
- Hyphenation: wor?ship
Noun
worship (usually uncountable, plural worships)
- (obsolete) The condition of being worthy; honour, distinction.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
- Then he forth on his journey did proceede, / To seeke adventures which mote him befall, / And win him worship through his warlike deed […].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.3:
- The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
- The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious
- The worship of God is an eminent part of religion, and prayer is a chief part of religious worship.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of Being Religious
- (by extension) Voluntary, utter submission; voluntary, utter deference.
- (also by extension) Ardent love.
- An object of worship.
- 1882 or later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michel Angelo
- In attitude and aspect formed to be / At once the artist's worship and despair.
- 1882 or later, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Michel Angelo
- Honour; respect; civil deference.
- Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
- (chiefly British) Used as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates
Synonyms
- adoration
- reverence
- idolatry
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
worship (third-person singular simple present worships, present participle (Commonwealth) worshipping or (US) worshiping, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) worshipped or (US) worshiped or (obsolete) worshipt)
- (transitive) To reverence (a deity, etc.) with supreme respect and veneration; to perform religious exercises in honour of.
- 1655, John Milton, Sonnet 18
- When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones.
- 1655, John Milton, Sonnet 18
- (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.
- a. 1639, Thomas Carew, A Cruell Mistris
- With bended knees I daily worship her.
- a. 1639, Thomas Carew, A Cruell Mistris
- (intransitive) To participate in religious ceremonies.
Derived terms
- worship the porcelain god
Translations
References
- worship at OneLook Dictionary Search
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