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obey
English
Etymology
From Middle English obeyen, from Anglo-Norman obeir, obeier et al., Old French obeir, from Latin oboedi? (also ob?di? (“to listen to, harken, usually in extended sense, obey, be subject to, serve”)), from ob- (“before, near”) + audi? (“to hear”). Compare audient. In Latin, ob + audire would have been expected to become Classical Latin *ob?di? (compare in + claud? becoming incl?d?), but it has been theorized that the usual law court associations of the word for obeying encouraged a false archaism from ? to oe, to oboedi? (compare Old Latin oinos ? Classical Latin ?nus).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /o??be?/, /??be?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???be?/, /??be?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Hyphenation: obey
Verb
obey (third-person singular simple present obeys, present participle obeying, simple past and past participle obeyed)
- (transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
- (intransitive) To do as one is told.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be obedient, compliant (to a given law, restriction etc.).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
- They were all taught by Triton, to obay / To the long raynes, at her commaundement [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.iv:
Synonyms
- hearken
Antonyms
- disobey
- defy
- rebel
- resist
- violate (especially rules)
Related terms
- obedience
- obedient
- obeisance
Translations
Further reading
- obey in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- obey in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- e-boy, yebo
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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
worship From the web:
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- what worship does
- what worship is not
- what worship means to me
- what worship means to god
- what worship means in the bible
- what worship song are you
- what worship does in the spirit realm
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