Other forms: venerated, venerating, venerates
To venerate is to regard somebody with deep respect. Venerate a teacher.
It is stronger than admire and carries a religious edge even when used of a person. To venerate the dead is easier than to respect the living, as most institutions demonstrate.
1verbvenerateTo regard somebody with deep respect.
“He was venerated in the department and ignored everywhere else.”
venerate is an action.
Latin venerari, to revere, from Venus in the older sense of grace or desire.
Latin
venerātus
English, today
venerate
Built from
1623; Latin venerātus, perfect active participle of veneror (“to worship, venerate”), see -ate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA