venerate

t. [Lat. veneratus, pa. par. of veneror to reverence, to worship, akin to venus (gen it. veneris )=love; Sanscrit van to serve, to honor; Fr. vénérer; Span. & Port. venerar; Ital. on the crown of the head, and is peculiarly liable to disease, so that high devotional excitement arising from exce of veneration is one of the commonest forms of insanity. *věn'-er-ā-tive, s . [English venerat ( ion ); -ive.] Feeling veneration; respectful, reverent. "I for one, when a venerative youth, have felt a thrill of joy."- All the Year Round , Sept. 27, 1862, p. 62. †věn'-er-at-õr, s . [Lat. from veneratus , pa. par. of veneror =to venerate (q. v.).] One who venerates or reverences. "Not a scorner of your sex, But venerator ." Tennyson: Prince , iv. 403. vě-nër-e-al, *vě-nër-e-all, *vě-nër-i-all, a. [Latin venereus, venerius =pertaining to Venus (gen it. Veneris )=the godde of love, love.] *1. Of or pertaining to venery or sexual love; relating to sexual intercourse. "Nothing is feign'd in this venereal strife." Dryden: Juvenal, vi. 440. *4. Adapted to excite venereal desires; aphro disiac. *5. Pertaining to or consisting of copper, which was called Venus in the mystical language of the alchemists. "Blue vitriol, how venereal and unsophisticated soever, rubbed upon the whetted blade of a knife, will not impart its latent color."- Boyle . *vě-nër-e-āte, v . t . [VENEREAL.] To render lascivious. "To venereate the unbridled spirits." -Feltham : Re solves , p. 46. *vě-nër-ě-oŭs, *vě-nër-e-an, *vě-nër-I-an, *ve-ner-i-en, *vě-nër-I-ous, a . [Lat. venereus ; Fr. vénérien .] 1. Lustful, libidinous. "For certes I am all venerian In feling." Chaucer: C. T. , 6,192, County, Pennsylvania. An analysis yielded: Silica, 28.93; alumina, 1381; sesquioxide of iron, 504, protoxide of iron, 0.27; protoxide of copper, 16:55; magnesia, 17.47; water, 12-08; insoluble, 6-22=100-37. *věn-er-ous, a. [Latin venereus .] Venereous, venereal (q. v.). "The potato and such venerous roots." - Holinshed: Descript. England , bk. ii., ch. vi. věn-ě-rû-pis, s. [Mod. Lat. venus, and Latin rupes a rock.] [VENUS, 5.] Zool. & Palæont .: A genus of Veneride, with about twenty recent species, widely distributed, and living in crevices of rocks. Shell oblong, radiately striated, and ornamented with concentric lamellæ; three small teeth in each valve. Fo il species occur in the Miocene of Europe and the United States. věn'-er-ỹ (1), *věn'-er-ie, subst. [VENEREAL.] Sexual intercourse. "Contentment without the pleasure of lawful venery , is continence; of unlawful, chastity."-Grew: Cosmologia Sacra . *věn'-er-ỹ (2), *věn-er-le, s. [Fr. vénerie , from O. Fr. vener; Lat. venor =to hunt.] 1. The act, practice, or sport of hunting; the chase. "An out rider, that loved venerie." Chaucer: C. T., 166. (.ol.) 2. Beasts of the chase; game. "[She] follows other game and venery." Spenser: F. Q., I. 1. 22. 3. A kennel for hunting-dogs. "The venery , where the beagles and hounds ara kept." -Urquhart : Rabelais , bk. i., ch. lv. věn-ě-sěc-tion, *věn-æ-sěc-tion, subst . [Lat. vena a vein, and sectio =a cutting, from sco =to cut.] The act or operation of opening a vein for the purpose of letting blood; blood-letting, phlebotomy. "If the inflammation be sudden, after evacuation by lenient purgatives, or a clyster and venesection, have recourse to anodynes." - Wiseman: Surgery. Vě-në-tian, adj . & s. [Fr. vénétien : Ital. vene ziano ; Sp. veneciano , from Lat. Venetia =the country of the Veneti.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to the city or province of Venice, in Northern Italy. B. As substantive: 1. A native or inhabitant of Venice. 2. A Venetian-blind. ( Colloq .) *3. ( Pl.): A peculiar fashion of hose or breeches, originally introduced from Venice. "To make venetians down below the garter." Haring ton: Epigrams , i. 20. Venetian-architecture, subst . A variety of the Gothic style, of which examples are found mainly in palaces which form a cla apart among buildings constructed in the Italian Gothic style. In these palaces the arches of the windows and halls rest upon shafts, and terminate in intricate designs of open tracery work, as in the case of the cele 2. Exciting or strengthening for venery; aphrobrated Palace of the Doges. The arches have a disiac. IMG:content-0438.jpg:[blocks in formation] Locrine, v. 1. "Taunting words of a venerean squire." *věn'-er-er, s. [VENERY (2), s.] A hunter. "Our venerers, prickers, and verderers." Browning: Flight of the Duche . *vě-nër-i-an, *ve-ner-i-en, a . [VENEREOUs.] vě-něr-i-dæ, subst.pl . [Mod. Lat. venus , gen it. vener(is); Lat. fem.pl.adj.suff.- ide .] 1. Zool .: A family of Sinu-pallial i a (q. v.), with several genera, universally distributed, but most abundant in the tropics. Shell regular, closed, suborbicular, or oblong; ligament external; hinge usually with three teeth in each valve; muscular impre ions oval, polished; pallial line sinuated, Animal free, locomotive, rarely attached by a by us or burrowing. The shells of all the family are are remarkable for elegance of form and color, and are frequently ornamented with chevron-like markings. Their texture is hard, all traces of structure being usually obliterated. 2. Palæont .: They appear first in the Oolite, attaining their greatest development in the present day. věn-er-īte, s. [Lat. vener(ius)=of Venus; suff, -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A greenish earthy substance, which the microscope shows to consist of minute scales. Occurs in layers in schist at Springfield, Berks wavy shape, which gives them an oriental appearance. The enrichments, moreover, display, as they usually do in Italy, different mode of treatment from that which prevails elsewhere in the Gothic style. The corners of the faça des are marked by slender shafts twisted like cables. The moldings and cornice consist merely of narrow bands, which generally rest on consoles. A method of decoration peculiar to these build. ings appears to have been borrowed from Byzantine models; fine marbles of various colors, of which red porphyry and green serpentine are the most frequent, are inserted in circular and angular panels and borde rings, and form a sort of mosaic-work. This style of ornamentation is employed both in churches and palaces. [RENAISSANCE-ARCHITECTURE.] IMG:content-0439.jpg:[graphic] Venetian Architecture. (Arcade from the Doge's Palace, Venice.) Venetian-ball, s. An ornamental form of gla for paper-weights, . It consists of waste pieces of filigree-gla conglomerated together in a bulb of clear flint-gla . Venetian-blind Venetian-blind, s. A louver shutter or blind made of slats with spaces between them to admit air. In some cases the slats are fixed at a certain angle in the shutter; in other cases they are movable, to allow the pa age of more or le air and light. The suspended blind has cords for support, and others for changing the positions of the slats. Venetian-carpet, s. A carpet whose warp or chain is of worsted, and generally arranged in stripes of different colors. The shoot, which is generally black, is concealed, and the warp exposed on the two surfaces. The weft is sometimes of different colors, thus producing a plaid or check pattern. By the suitable arrangement of the heddles, a twill may be given. The ordinary loom suffices, as no figures are raised. Venetian-chalk, subst . The same as FRENCH CHALK (q. v.). Venetian-door, s. A door with long, narrow side-lights for lighting a lobby, entrance-hall, . Venetian-gla , s . [VENETIAN-BALL.] Venetian-red, s. True Venetian red is said to be a native ocher, but the colors sold under this name are prepared artificially from sulphate of iron, or its residuum in the manufacture of acids. They are all of redder and deeper hues than light red, are very permanent, and have all the properties of good ochers. Scarlet ocher, Pru ian red, English red, and rouge de Mars are other names for the same pigment. Venetian School, s. Paint.: A school of painting which arose and declined in the sixteenth century, and of which Titian (1477-1576) is considered the founder. Among its other masters were Giorgione (1477-1511), Tin to ret to (1512-1594), and Paul Veronese (1528-1581) The distinguishing characteristics of this school were a mastery of color and a consummate knowledge of chiaro-oscuro. Venetian-white, s. A carefully-prepared carbonate of lead. Venetian-window, subst . A window with three separate lights. *věn-eỹ, *věn'-nỹ, *ven-ew, s. [VENUE.] An a ault or attack in fencing, or the like; sometimes applied to a thrust or hit. "Playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes." - Shakesp.: Merry Wives of Windsor, i. 1. *Veney at wasters : A bout at cudgels. "To play half a dozen ventes at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head." -Beaum. & Flet .: Phil aster , iv. *věnģe, v . t . [French venger , from Lat. vendico , vindico to lay claim to, to avenge; Sp. vengar ; Ital. vengiare .] [VINDICATE.] 1. To avenge. IMG:content-0440.png:[blocks in formation] *věnge-a-bly, *venge-a-blie, adv . [English vengeab(le); -ly .) In revenge. "And vengeablie have brent a great towne of mine inheritauce in Meth."-Holinshed: Chronicles of Ireland (an. 1421).