Both Uses of
venerate
in
Tom Jones
- Our intention, in short, is to introduce our heroine with the utmost solemnity ... and all other circumstances proper to raise the veneration of our reader.
Book 4 *veneration = feelings of respect and reverence
- To avoid, therefore, all imputation of laying down a rule for posterity, founded only on the authority of _ipse dixit_—for which, to say the truth, we have not the profoundest veneration—we shall here waive the privilege above contended for, and proceed to lay before the reader the reasons which have induced us to intersperse these several digressive essays in the course of this work.†
Book 5
Definition:
-
(venerate) regard with feelings of respect and reverence