Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VE-NEER'ING, n.

The act or art of inlaying, of which, there are two kinds; one, which is the most common, consists in making compartments of different woods; the other consists in making representations of flowers, birds and other figures. The first is more properly veneering; the last is marquetry. – Cyc.

VE-NEER'ING, ppr.

Inlaying; adorning with inlaid work.

VEN'E-FICE, n. [L. veneficium.]

The practice of poisoning. [Not in use.]

VEN-E-FI'CIAL, or VEN-E-FI'CIOUS, a. [L. veneficium.]

Acting by poison; bewitching. [Little used.] – Brown.

VEN-E-FI'CIOUS-LY, adv.

By poison or witchcraft. [Little used.] – Brown.

VEN'EM-OUS, a. [See VENOMOUS.]

VEN'EN-ATE, v.t. [L. veneno; venenum, poison, W. gwenwyn, from raging.]

To poison; to infect with poison. – Harvey.

VEN-EN-A'TION, n.

1. The act of poisoning.
2. Poison; venous. – Brown.

VEN-ENE', or VEN'E-NOSE, a. [Fr. veneneux.]

Poisonous; venomous. [Not used.] – Harvey.

VEN-E-RA-BIL'I-TY, n.

State or quality of being venerable. [Not used.] – More.

VEN'ER-A-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. venerabilis, from veneror, to honor, to worship.]

1. Worthy of veneration or reverence; deserving of honor and respect; as, a venerable magistrate; a venerable parent.
2. Rendered sacred by religious associations, or being consecrated to God and to his worship; to be regarded with awe and treated with reverence; as, the venerable walls of a temple or church. The places where saints have suffered for the testimony of Christ … rendered venerable by their death. – Hooker.

VEN'ER-A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state or quality of being venerable . – South.

VEN'ER-A-BLY, adv.

In a manner to excite reverence. An awful pile! stands venerably great. – Addison.

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.

VEN'ER-A-TED, pp.

Reverenced; treated with honor and respect.

VEN'ER-A-TINE, ppr.

Regarding with reverence.

VEN-ER-A'TION, n. [Fr. from L. veneratio.]

The highest degree of respect and reverence; respect mingled with some degree of awe; a feeling or sentiment excited by the dignity and superiority of a person, or by the sacredness of his character, and with regard to place, by its consecration to sacred services. We find a secret awe and veneration for one who moves about us in a regular and illustrious course of virtue. – Addison.

VEN'ER-A-TOR, n.

One who venerates and reverences.

VE-NE'RE-AL, a. [L. venereus, from Venus; W. Gwener, from gwen, white, fair. See Venus.]

1. Pertaining to sexual intercourse.
2. Connected with sexual intercourse; as, a venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.
3. Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases; as, venereal medicines.
4. Adapted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac. – Cyc.
5. Consisting of or pertaining to copper, formerly called by chimists Venus. [Obs.] – Boyle.

VE-NE'RE-AN, a.

Venereal. [Not used.] – Howell.

VE-NE'RE-OUS, a. [L. venereus.]

Lustful; libidinous. – Derham.

VEN'ER-OUS, a. [For Venereous. Not used.]

VEN'ER-Y, n. [from Venus.]

Sexual intercourse. Contentment, without the pleasure of lawful venery, is continence; of unlawful, chastity. – Grew.

VEN'ER-Y, n. [Fr. venerie; from L. venor, to hunt, that is, to drive or rush.]

The act or exercise of hunting; the sports of the chase. Beasts of venery and fishes. – Brown.

VEN-E-SEC'TION, n. [L. vena; vein, and sectio, a cutting.]

The act or operation of opening a vein for letting blood; blood-letting; phlebotomy. – Cyc. Wiseman.