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venerate

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Venerate  \Ven"er*ate\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Venerated};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Venerating}.]  [L.  veneratus  p.  p.  of  venerari  to 
  venerate;  akin  to  Venus  Venus,  Skr.  van  to  like  to  wish,  and 
  E.  winsome.  See  {Winsome}.] 
  To  regard  with  reverential  respect;  to  honor  with  mingled 
  respect  and  awe;  to  reverence;  to  revere;  as  we  venerate 
  parents  and  elders. 
 
  And  seemed  to  venerate  the  sacred  shade.  --Dryden. 
 
  I  do  not  know  a  man  more  to  be  venerated  for 
  uprightness  of  heart  and  loftiness  of  genius.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  Syn:  To  reverence;  revere;  adore;  respect. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  venerate 
  v  :  be  in  awe  of  "Fear  God  as  your  father"  [syn:  {reverence},  {fear}, 
  {revere}]




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