veneration (venerashon)

[OF. venera tion, F. vénération = Sp. veneracion = Pg. vene ração = It. venerazione, IMG:content-1757.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Arising from or connected with sexual intercourse: as, venereal disease; venereal virus or poison.-3. Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases: as, venereal medicines.-4. Fitted to excite venereal desire; aphrodisiac.-5t. Of or pertaining to copper, which was formerly called by chemists Venus. Blue vitriol, how venereal soever, rubbed upon the whetted blade of a knife, will not impart its latent colour. Boyle. Venereal carnosity. Same as venereal warts. - Venereal disease, a collective term for gonorrhea, chancroid, and syphilis. - Venereal sore or ulcer, chancre or chancroid: more often the latter. - Venereal warts, acuminate condylomata, or warts situated on the mucous surfaces of the genitals. They were formerly supposed to be caused by a venereal poison, but are not now generally so regarded.