as in worships
to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power
a proper setting in which to venerate God
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Recent Examples of venerates
The Democrat who venerates more government but sidesteps California’s failing public schools and crushing cost of living.
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John H Bolthouse, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
John H Bolthouse, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for venerates
reveres
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The Natural is, to the core, a movie that reveres the utter Americana of historical baseball, with its lo-fi Dust Bowl aesthetics that heavily reference Arthurian legend.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Anne reveres the film and spoke to Jesse Plemons.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Venerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venerates. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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