Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To regard with awe, deference, and devotion.
- n. Variant of revers.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To regard with deepest respect and awe; venerate; reverence; hold in great honor or high esteem.
- Synonyms Worship, Reverence, etc. See adore.
- n. A Middle English form of river.
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
- v. transitive To venerate someone or something as an idol.
- n. a revers
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.
WordNet 3.0
- n. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
- v. regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
- n. a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
- v. love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
Etymologies
- From Latin re- + verērī, present infinitive of vereor ("to fear"). (Wiktionary)
- French révérer, from Old French reverer, from Latin reverērī : re-, re- + verērī, to respect. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In his current column at Politico, the oh-so-funny Mike Allen asks: Do reporters 'revere' Senator Clinton?”
“Zwelethini urged the government to "revere" King Shaka Day and not to "dilute" the day with celebrations commemorating "other heroes".”
“So even if I were inclined to reveal the names of anyone who writes under the name of "revere" (and "the reveres" have made a decision about this which I will abide by), it wouldn't mean anything of substance.”
“The person who taps the keys here over the signature "revere" (or sometimes "Revere"; it's at most one at a time) is not Paul Revere.”
“Amerikans "revere" The Economist because it's a British publication .... it's nevertheless the same-old "Capitalist" propaganda.”
“Addressing troops at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, the Prime Minister said that Britain should once again "revere" service personnel and announced a £58 million increase in payments for those on front line.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“[Holland's article received a furious rebuttal -- More crappy flu journalism, this time Alternet -- from a blogger named "revere" at Effect Measure with which I strongly concur.”
Spreading Hysteria about Swine Flu "Hysteria": Public Health Preparedness in the Face of Uncertainty
“Indeed, my larger point remains: while this playwright may "revere" intellectuals, he likes to punish them, too ” a perhaps unconscious artistic choice that suggests to me that his reverence is tempered by what I have called a "romantic" elevation of the heart over the head.”
“Trust ecstatic arousal more than sedated relaxation; pay more attention to irrationality than over-rationality; cultivate circular thought over linear causality; prioritize whole feelings as opposed to fragmented thoughts; seek jazzy syncopation rather than monotonous metronome-like, tick-tock-clock rhythms; become improvisational rather than ritualistic; and revere wild experience over that which is tame.”
“These birthers all fit the same profile: uneducated whites that revere the likes of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.”
First on the CNN Ticker: RNC commits nearly $1 million on health care campaign
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Tweets
Looking for tweets for revere.
chained_bear I thought it was herdshos. Mar 10, 2011
bilby That's sexist yarb. To be inclusive we should refer to them as herdsmen and herdschicks. Mar 10, 2011
yarb Why would they fear the name?
It's not as though it's a scary name, like Azathoth or something. Although I can see how the ALLCAPS would have intimidated bronze-age herdsmen. Mar 10, 2011
Kristianto2010 The nations will fear the name of the LORD, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory. Psalm 102:15.
Mar 9, 2011