venerare — meaning in English

English meaning

• deify verb To make someone or something into a god.
• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• venerate verb To show someone great respect and honour them highly.
• worship noun Reverence and devotion shown to a god or sacred figure.

Senses

venerare is used for these senses in English:

• deify (transitive) To make into a god.
• serve (transitive) To wait upon (someone) at table; to set food and drink in front of, to help (someone) to food, meals etc. [from 13th c.]
• venerate (transitive) To revere or hold in awe.
• worship (transitive) To honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

deify — full definition

1. verb To make someone or something into a god.
2. verb To treat a person or thing as worthy of worship, or to praise them far too highly.

serve — full definition

1. verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
2. verb To be useful or suitable for a particular purpose.
3. verb To officially deliver a legal document to someone.
4. verb To hit the ball first to start play in tennis, volleyball, and similar sports.
5. noun The act of putting the ball in play at the start of a point in tennis or similar sports.

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