venerate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to regard with feelings of respect and reverence

   The subjects venerated the dictator outwardly out of fear.

2. 2
   verb

   To revere or hold in awe.

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

3. 3
   verb

   To treat with great respect and deference.

Etymology

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