venerate

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  1. transitive verb To regard with respect, reverence, or heartfelt deference. See Synonyms at revere1.

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  • Posterity has never ceased to venerate the names of the Cosmos and Lorenzos who sought art, and fostered to their full maturity the various talents of their countrymen. —  The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq.
  • It is a lathe that I duly prize and venerate, not only because it was my father's, but also because it was, in practical fact, the progenitor, more or less directly, of all the mechanical productions of my long and active life I soon followed up my letter. —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
  • I venture to recommend myself to your good opinion, I shall never cease regretting being so distant from the person in the world whom I most love, venerate, and esteem. —  The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vol.1.
  • This must be considered not as a mere nicety of feeling, but as a sentiment inspired by faith, which teaches us to venerate the word of God. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • Suffer me to say that among the earliest lessons of my infancy I was taught by precept and example to love and venerate your name. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters, by William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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  1. Latin venerārī, venerāt-, to venerate, from venus, vener-, love, desire; see wen-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin veneratus, past participle of venerari (later Italian venerate = Spanish Portuguese venerar = French vénérer), worship, venerate, revere; from the same source as Venus, love: see Venus.
 

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