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Webster 1913 Edition
Venerate
Ven′er-ate
,Verb.
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. win
some. See Winsome
.] To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere;
as, we
. venerate
parents and eldersAnd 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Venerate
VEN'ERATE
,Verb.
T.
To regard with respect and reverence; to reverence; to revere. We venerate parents and elders; we venerate men consecrated to sacred offices. We venerate old age or gray hairs. We venerate, or ought to venerate, the gospel and its precepts.
And seem'd to venerate the sacred shade.