worship

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the activity of worshipping
  2. noun a feeling of profound love and admiration
  3. verb love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English worschippe /worthschipe, inherited from Old English weorþsċiepe. Cognate with Scots worschip (“worship”). By surface analysis, wor(th) + -ship.

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