revere

v.

revere implies regarding with great respect, affection, honor, or deference a poet revered by all; reverence, more or less equivalent to revere, is usually applied to a thing or abstract idea rather than to a person they reverence the memory of their parents; venerate implies revering because of great age, dignity, or character and may suggest regarding as sacred or holy he was venerated as a saint; worship, in strict usage, implies the use of ritual or verbal formula in paying homage to a divine being, but broadly suggests intense, often uncritical love or admiration he worshiped his wife; adore, in strict usage, implies a personal or individual worshiping of a deity, but in broad usage, suggests a great love for someone and, colloquially, a great liking for something I adore your hat