revere

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US /ɹə.viːɹ/
verb noun name Freq #20126

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.

    a highly revered musician

  2. 2
    noun

    a lapel on a woman's garment

  3. 3
    verb

    love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess

  4. 4
    verb

    regard with feelings of respect and reverence

  5. 5
    verb

    To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol.

  6. 6
    noun

    A revers.

  7. 7
    name

    A surname.

  8. 8
    name

    A city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, named after Paul Revere.

Etymology

Borrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”).

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to regard someone or... esteemlook up torespect
2 noun · a lapel on a woman's garment revers
3 verb · love unquestioningly and... worship
4 verb · regard with feelings of... reverence
5 verb · to honour in a form lesser... aggrandizeapplaudappraisebelaudbepraisecommendcry upeulogizeexaltextolglorifyhonor
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms reverablereverer
Related forms reverence

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