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disworship en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English disworship, disworshipe, dysworschip, equivalent to dis- + worship (noun).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) A deprivation of honour or cause of disgrace.
    • Observ now the arrogance of a groom, how it will mount. I had writt'n, that common adultery is a thing which the rankest Politician would think it shame and disworship that his Law should countenance. 1645, John Milton, Colasterion:

disworship en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English disworschipen, equivalent to dis- + worship (verb).

Meanings

  1. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy of worship.
    • disworshipping and dishonouring God 1684, Obadiah Walker, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon All the Epistles of St Paul:

Forms

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disworshipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
disworshiped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
disworshiped Tense=Past US lexicographic
disworshipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
disworshipped Tense=Past UK lexicographic
disworshiping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
disworships Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic