venerating

Verb

venerate (third-person singular simple present venerates, present participle venerating, simple past and past participle venerated)

1. (transitive) To treat with great respect and deference.

   Synonyms:

   esteem, honor, look up to, idolize, lay store by, prize, hallow, put store by, put store in, rate

2. (transitive) 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.1791, James Boswell, “[1756]”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], volume I, London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC, page 168

   Synonyms:

   exalt, laud, praise, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, commend