venerative (venerativ)

[ I for one, when a venerative youth, have felt a thrill of joy at being kindly nodded to by some distinguished personage. All the Year Round, VIII. 61. venerator (ven'e-ra-tor), n. [= F. vénérateur = Sp. Pg. venerador = It. veneratore , Shak ., T. and C., i. 3. 65. rat or , one who venerates, venerari , venerate: see venerate .] One who venerates or reverNot a scorner of your sex, See how the venerable infant lies In early pomp. Dryden, Britannia Rediviva, 1. 110. The world that gray-bearded and wrinkled profligate, decrepit without being venerable . Hawthorne , Seven Gables, xii. 2. Hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty a ociations; to be regarded with reverence: as, the venerable precincts of a temple. The place is venerable by her presence. Shirley, Maid's Revenge, i. 2. We went about to survey the generall decays of that ancient and venerable church. Evelyn , Diary, Aug. 27, 1666. All along the shores of the venerable stream [the Ganges] lay great fleets of ve els laden with rich merchandise. Macaulay , Warren Hastings. venerablene (ven'e-ra-bl-nes), n. The state or character of being venerable. The innocence of infancy, the venerablene and impo tence of old age. South , Sermons, XI. iv. venerably (ven'e-ra-bli), adv. In a venerable manner; so as to excite reverence. At the moment I was walking down this aisle I met a clean-shaven old canonico, with red legs and red-ta eled hat, and with a book under his arm, and a meditative look, whom I here thank for being so venerably picturesque. Howells, Venetian Life, xxi. Veneracea (ven-e-rā'sē-ä), n. pl. [NL., ( Vener- ), 5, +-ace a.] In conch.: (a) A family of bivalves: same as Veneridæ. (b) A superfamily or suborder of siphonate or sinupalliate and related families. bivalve mollusks, represented by the Veneridæ