Venerate

Revere (v.)

Toby was an extremely precocious fifth grader who, when his class was assigned the task of memorizing "Paul Revere's Ride" by Longfellow, asked his teacher:
"Was 'Revere' really the man's name?"
"Yes, Toby, it was his name," she assured him.
"Hmm," Toby paused, searching for the right word as he looked around at his classmates busily whispering the lines of the poem to themselves, he said:
"Doesn't that seem terribly...convienient to you?"