GODDING

Verb

godding

present participle of god

Anagrams

• dodging

Source: Wiktionary


GOD

God, a. & n.

Definition: Good. [Obs.] Chaucer.

God, n. Etym: [AS. god; akin to OS. & D. god, OHG. got, G. gott, Icel. gu, go, Sw. & Dan. gud, Goth. gup, prob. orig. a p. p. from a root appearing in Skr. h, p. p. h, to call upon, invoke, implore. Goodbye, Gospel, Gossip.]

1. A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol. He maketh a god, and worshipeth it. Is. xliv. 15. The race of Israel . . . bowing lowly down To bestial gods. Milton.

2. The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah. God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John iv. 24.

3. A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard. Whose god is their belly. Phil. iii. 19.

4. Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power. [R.] Shak. Act of God. (Law) See under Act.

– Gallery gods, the occupants of the highest and cheapest gallery of a theater. [Colloq.] -- God's acre, God's field, a burial place; a churchyard. See under Acre.

– God's house. (a) An almshouse. [Obs.] (b) A church.

– God's penny, earnest penny. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

– God's Sunday, Easter.

God, v. t.

Definition: To treat as a god; to idolize. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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