重んずる

Etymology
Regular shift in conjugation from Classical Japanese verb, a phonetic shift from Classical Japanese ,  from 🇰🇲, where  was a grammaticalised pattern meaning “treat (noun) as (adjective); find (noun) (adjective)”. lit. 'to treat as heavy'. Compare the kango, from 🇰🇲.

Verb

 * 1) to honour, to respect, to esteem
 * 2) to cherish, to prize