Encourage and Worship

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Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Worship and encourage are semantically related. in embrace topic. In some cases you can use "Worship" instead a verb "Encourage", when it comes to topics like honor.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Worship

Worship verb - To offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power.

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Synonyms for Worship

Antonyms for Worship

Encourage and worship are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encourage" instead a verb "Worship".

Nearby Words: worshiped, worshipping, worshipful, worshiping, worshipped

Common collocations

character	encourage character	worship character
people	encourage people	worship people
image	encourage image	worship image
someone	encourage someone	worship someone
Other words: way, characters, anyone, women.

Both words in one sentence

Though he has godlike powers, he doesn't seem to encourage his minions to worship him; however, mortal groups like the Shadow Council, who seek the favor of the Legion, do so anyway.

Source: God Emperor
They worship the gods that they believe send them the items and even create "landing fields" to encourage them to send more.

Source: Cargo Cult
Either they're so far beyond human concerns that they don't even notice when people try to worship them or they actively encourage it for their own ends (seems to generally be the case with Nyarlathotep).

Source: God Guise

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