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revere
/ɹɪˈvɪɹ/
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What does revere mean?
verb
- To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
- To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol.
noun
- A revers.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- A surname.
- A city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, named after Paul Revere.
- A minor city in Redwood County, Minnesota.
- A village in Clark County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Whitman County, Washington, named after Paul Revere.
- A frazione in Mantua, Lombardy, Italy.
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/ɹɪˈvɪɹ/
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“It is lucky that those who despise it in a cap revere it in a hat.”
I thought there was no use in grumbling, and consoled myself with the reflection that the Revere House was not far away.
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One cannot expect the present to be like the old Crux-major days at the foot of those noble willow stumps, the memory of which I revere.
“For heaven’s sake,” he said, “don’t play such dangerous games with your facility. If you have got facility, revere it, respect it, adore it, treasure it--don’t speculate on it.”
The governor, the mayor, the preacher, the teacher, the scholar, father, mother, are persons whom we are to love and revere, but not to the extent that we forget God.