venerate

verb
/ˈvɛnəɹeɪt/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from venerātus

Definitions

  1. To treat with great respect and deference.

  2. To revere or hold in awe.

    • […] we cannot but venerate in Johnson one of the most exercised minds that our holy religion hath ever formed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at venerate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at venerate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at venerate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA