The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of venerate English)
WordNet
adj. feeling or manifesting veneration [syn: respectful, reverential]
Usage examples of "venerating".
The chapel bore proper symbols for venerating Stratos Mother and the Founders in the standard way, yet Maia suspected all wasn't orthodox.
All of her life, Maia had heard women speak of pilgrimages to Caria, of venerating in solemn awe the planetary spiritand her apostles, the Foundersunder that vast iridescent cupola on the right, with its giant dragon icon cast in silver and gold.
Tacitus, the Roman historian, wrote that the Semites fell into venerating the ass because had it not been for wild asses, they never would have survived in the desert.
The sooner the Big Uglies begin venerating the spirits of Emperors past as we do, the sooner they will become contented citizens of the Empire.
The followers of the Jewish superstition, for instance, have always been well disposed to us, but they are among those who most strongly resist venerating spirits of Emperors past.
All of her life, Maia had heard women speak of pilgrimages to Caria, of venerating in solemn awe the planetary spirit—and her apostles,.
The domestic, unpretending merits of a person never known do not often create that kind of fervent, venerating tenderness which would prompt a visit like yours.