venerate

[ ven-uh-reyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ven·er·at·ed, ven·er·at·ing.

1. to regard or treat with reverence; revere.

venerate

/ ˈvɛnəˌreɪt /

verb

1. to hold in deep respect; revere
2. to honour in recognition of qualities of holiness, excellence, wisdom, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈvenerˌator, noun

Other Words From

• vener·ator noun
• un·vener·ated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of venerate¹

1615–25; < Latin venerātus, past participle of venerārī to solicit the goodwill of (a god), worship, revere, verbal derivative of vener-, stem of venus, presumably in its original sense “desire”; Venus )

Word History and Origins

Origin of venerate¹

C17: from Latin venerārī, from venus love

Example Sentences

The coach, a guest, venerates the stranger, who’s presumably a member, saying how he’d like to teach Howard golfers as much about the game that the older man has already forgotten.

From Washington Post

Newly discovered remnants of a nearby stone circle seem to confirm the theory that a stone shrine was dismantled and somehow dragged to the Stonehenge site — there to be venerated anew.

From Washington Post

Philadelphia is home to some of the most venerated medical institutions in the country.

From Washington Post

The reason the “who deserves the credit for Citizen Kane” controversy still has legs is that the film is still venerated as one of the greatest films of all time, and plenty of writers have tackled the question of its authorship.

From Vox

He is much more interesting as a political curmudgeon than as a venerated figure absorbing flowery testimonials.

From Washington Post

Confucius rarely openly rebuked any one, especially a prince, whom it was his duty to venerate for his office.

From Project Gutenberg

He has a perfect right to venerate Mr. Tindall, and if he is a little fashionable, what of that?

From Project Gutenberg

Those who do not venerate their poets, and have respect to the early history of their country, are a dull, besotted people.

From Project Gutenberg

The one who is first in music, who succeeds the best on the violin or piano, is like a king to them; they love, they venerate him.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a world worth abiding in while one man can thus venerate and love another.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cherish
• esteem
• exalt
• hallow
• idolize