Past tense of venerate
regular verb
The past tense of venerate is venerated. The past participle is also venerated.
Forms of venerate
| Base form (V1) | venerate /ˈvɛnəɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | venerated |
| Past participle (V3) | venerated |
| Present participle | venerating |
| Third person singular | venerates |
Venerated in a sentence
- The Hyperboreans venerated Apollo over the other gods.From the entry hyperborean
- What about the exclusive nature of the Western literary canon, venerated by dark academics?2021 March 17, Aarushi Nohria, “Decolonizing the dark academia aesthetic”, in The Daily Campus, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2021. From the entry dark academic
- But the Beats, despite their appealing cult of drugs and Whitmanian sincerity, lacked the cool elegance Lou venerated.1988, Edmund White, chapter 5, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994. From the entry Whitmanian
- When this ascensional force loses its force, it is no longer venerated, causing it to lose its momentum further, to stagnate and then becomes descensional.2017, Patrick West, Get Over Yourself: Nietzsche for Our Times. From the entry descensional
- The Simonians did not truly follow the Roman gods, but instead venerated their order's founders—Simon and his wife, Helena—in the guises of Zeus and Minerva.2016, Mark Latham, The Cthulhu Campaigns: Ancient Rome, page 25. From the entry Simonian
Meaning of venerate
- verb To treat with great respect and deference.
- verb To revere or hold in awe.
Questions about the past tense of venerate
- What is the past tense of venerate?
- The past tense of venerate is venerated.
- What is the past participle of venerate?
- The past participle of venerate is venerated.
- Is venerate a regular or irregular verb?
- Venerate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: venerate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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