revere

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  1. transitive verb To regard with awe, deference, and devotion.
  2. Syntax Note
    Synonyms: revere1, worship, venerate, adore, idolize
    These verbs mean to regard with the deepest respect, deference, and esteem. Revere suggests awe coupled with profound honor: "At least one third of the population ... reveres every sort of holy man” (Rudyard Kipling).
    Worship implies reverent love and homage rendered to God or a god: The ancient Egyptians worshiped a number of gods.
    In a more general sense worship connotes an often uncritical devotion: "She had worshiped intellect” (Charles Kingsley).
    Venerate connotes reverence accorded by virtue, especially of dignity or age: "I venerate the memory of my grandfather” (Horace Walpole).
    To adore is to worship with deep, often rapturous love: The students adored their caring teacher.
    Idolize implies worship like that accorded an object of religious devotion: He idolizes his wife.
  3. noun Variant of revers.

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  • I long to clear up my doubts by the judgment of one whose opinion I should revere, and—but I suppose I am dreaming—one to whom I should be proud indeed to inscribe anything of mine which any publisher would look at, unless, as is likely enough, the work would disgrace the name as much as the name would honour the work. —  Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle
  • Given that I respect my senior colleague revere (Effect Measure) on all issues related to public health, I'd have to say that I concur with his summary: —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • Effect Measure's revere (EM is undergoing maintenance today) posts some comments and thoughts —  Daily Kos
  • This sycophantic approach to politics should be the first thing to go by the wayside, but it might not: there are some who still revere the name of John F Kennedy without even really knowing much about his policies. —  Word Around the Net
  • Of course the average citizen doesn't want the exploitation that was part and parcel of the past authoritarian regimes, Communist or monarchist, but they do revere, and follow, the strong leader, even if he is heading an autocratic government.
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  1. French révérer, from Old French reverer, from Latin reverērī : re-, re- + verērī, to respect; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French reverer, French révérer = Italian reverire, riverire, from Latin revereri, revere, fear, from re-, again, + vereri, fear, regard, feel awe of, akin to English ware.
 

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