venerate

English

WOTD – 29 June 2007

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnəɹeɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

Verb

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.

   Synonyms: esteem, honor, look up to; see also Thesaurus:revere

2. (transitive) To revere or hold in awe.

   Synonyms: exalt, laud, praise; see also Thesaurus:glorify

   • 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.

Related terms

• venerable
• venerant
• veneration
• venerative

Translations

To treat with great respect and deference

• Arabic: بَجَّلَ (bajjala)
• Bulgarian: почитам (bg) (počitam), уважавам (bg) (uvažavam)
• Catalan: venerar (ca)
• Czech: ctít (cs) impf, vážit si (cs) impf, chovat v úctě
• Dutch: eerbiedigen (nl)
• Finnish: kunnioittaa (fi), arvostaa (fi)
• French: vénérer (fr)
• Georgian: ეთაყვანება (etaq̇vaneba), თაყვანისცემს (taq̇vaniscems), პატივისცემა (ṗaṭiviscema), თაყვანისცემა (taq̇vaniscema), მოწიწებით მოპყრობა (moc̣ic̣ebit moṗq̇roba)
• Latin: veneror (la)
• Malayalam: ആദരിക്കുക (ml) (ādarikkuka)
• Māori: whakarangatira, whakakorōria, whakamiha, whakahōnore, kauanuanu, whakamānawa
• Portuguese: venerar (pt)
• Quechua: apuchay
• Russian: почита́ть (ru) (počitátʹ)
• Sanskrit: पूजयति (sa) (pūjayati)
• Swedish: vörda (sv), helga (sv)
• Tamil: போற்றுதல் (ta) (pōṟṟutal)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: طاپمق (tapmak), عبادت ایتمك (ʼibâdet etmek)

• Vietnamese: tôn kính (vi)

To revere or hold in awe

• Bulgarian: прекланям се (preklanjam se), благоговея (bg) (blagogoveja)
• Czech: uctívat impf
• Dutch: vereren (nl)
• Finnish: kunnioittaa (fi), arvostaa (fi)
• Georgian: თაყვანისცემა (taq̇vaniscema), მოწიწებით მოპყრობა (moc̣ic̣ebit moṗq̇roba)
• German: anhimmeln (de), anbeten (de)
• Italian: adorare (it), colere (it) (poetic), riverire (it), venerare (it)
• Latin: veneror (la)
• Malayalam: ആരാധിക്കുക (ml) (ārādhikkuka)
• Portuguese: venerar (pt)
• Russian: преклоня́ться (ru) (preklonjátʹsja)
• Sanskrit: पूजयति (sa) (pūjayati)
• Spanish: venerar (es)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: طاپمق (tapmak), عبادت ایتمك (ʼibâdet etmek)

Anagrams

• enervate

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

venerate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

venerate f pl

1. feminine plural of venerato

Anagrams

• averente, vanerete, veterane

Latin

Participle

venerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of venerātus

Spanish

Verb

venerate

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