God (?), a. & n.
Good.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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God (?), n. [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. hta, to call upon, invoke, implore. Cf. 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.
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God, v. t.
To treat as a god; to idolize.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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