v. t.
To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders. →
adv.
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. →
n.
One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, allied to the creepers; -- called also quit. See Quit. →