misvenerate
misvenerate verb: to venerate something or someone that does not deserve it.
Verb
misvenerate (third-person singular simple present misvenerates, present participle misvenerating, simple past and past participle misvenerated)
- To venerate something or someone that does not deserve it.
- Images were surely often misread — and misvenerated — and by the sixteenth century reformers were all too ready to exploit such mistakes.2004, T. A. Ralph Evans, Lordship and Learning: Studies in Memory of Trevor Aston, page 201
- And lest you retort in some weak revenged-filled-yet-nevertheless-impotent insult: “twat doth a misvenerated drulltonic-for-the-masses composor of catchy-one-off, unmotley motifas sentimentally overwrought for on-screen antsy kiddie manga know-a-whiff-and-shiver of reel awe-thespian spate-conjuring...2013 July 14, “Epigrammatic Exuviae”, in SalmonBerg
Forms of misvenerate
| third-person singular present | misvenerates |
|---|---|
| present participle | misvenerating |
| past participle | misvenerated |
| past | misvenerated |
Origin of misvenerate
From mis- + venerate.
Questions about misvenerate
- What does misvenerate mean?
- Misvenerate means to venerate something or someone that does not deserve it.
- What part of speech is misvenerate?
- Misvenerate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misvenerate?
- The past tense of misvenerate is misvenerated.
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