VENERATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they venerate ... he / she / it venerates

Past simple: venerated

Past participle: venerated

-ing form: venerating

Meaning:

Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

Example:

We venerate genius

Synonyms:

fear; revere; reverence; venerate

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "venerate" is one way to...):

esteem; prise; prize; respect; value (regard highly; think much of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "venerate"):

enshrine; saint (hold sacred)

worship (show devotion to (a deity))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot venerate Sue

Derivation:

veneration (a feeling of profound respect for someone or something)

venerator (someone who regards with deep respect or reverence)