[ven.er.ate] vt -at.ed ; -at.ing [L veneratus, pp. of venerari, fr. vener-, venus love, charm--more at win] (ca. 1623) 1: to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
2: to honor (as an icon or a relic) with a ritual act of devotion syn see revere -- ven.er.a.tor n