Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VEN'ER-ATE, v.t. [Fr. venerer; L. veneror.]

To regard with respect and reverence; to reverence; to revere. We venerate an old faithful magistrate; we venerate parents and elders; we venerate men consecrated to sacred offices. We venerate old age or gray hairs. We venerate, or ought to venerate, the Gospel and its precepts. And seem'd to venerate the sacred shade. – Dryden.