venerate
verb /ˈvenəreɪt/
/ˈvenəreɪt/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they venerate | /ˈvenəreɪt/ /ˈvenəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it venerates | /ˈvenəreɪts/ /ˈvenəreɪts/ |
| past simple venerated | /ˈvenəreɪtɪd/ /ˈvenəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle venerated | /ˈvenəreɪtɪd/ /ˈvenəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form venerating | /ˈvenəreɪtɪŋ/ /ˈvenəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to have and show a lot of respect for somebody/something, especially somebody/something that is considered to be holy or very important synonym revere
- be venerated (as something) The monk was subsequently venerated as a saint.
- be venerated by somebody a leader venerated by generations of revolutionaries
Oxford Collocations DictionaryVenerate is used with these nouns as the object:- saint
Word Originearly 17th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as veneration): from Latin venerat- ‘adored, revered’, from the verb venerari.