venerate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin venerātus, perfect active participle of veneror (“to worship, venerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnəɹeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

venerate (third-person singular simple present venerates, present participle venerating, simple past and past participle venerated)

1. (transitive) To treat with great respect and deference.
2. (transitive) To revere or hold in awe.
   • 1791, James Boswell, “[1756]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 168:

     […] we cannot but venerate in Johnson one of the most exercised minds that our holy religion hath ever formed.

• enervate

venerate

1. inflection of venerare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

venerate f pl

1. feminine plural of venerato

• averente, vanerete, veterane

venerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of venerātus

venerate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of venerar combined with te