venerate

[ ven-uh-reyt ]
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verb (used with object),ven·er·at·ed, ven·er·at·ing.
  1. to regard or treat with reverence; revere.

Origin of venerate

1
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”; see Venus)

Other words from venerate

  • ven·er·a·tor, noun
  • un·ven·er·at·ed, adjective

Words Nearby venerate

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How to use venerate in a sentence

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

British Dictionary definitions for venerate

venerate

/ (ˈvɛnəˌreɪt) /


verb(tr)
  1. to hold in deep respect; revere

  2. to honour in recognition of qualities of holiness, excellence, wisdom, etc

Origin of venerate

1
C17: from Latin venerārī, from venus love

Derived forms of venerate

  • venerator, noun

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