Venerate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Venerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Venerating

1. To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders.

   And seemed to venerate the sacred shade.

   I do not know a man more to be venerated for uprightness of heart and loftiness of genius.