All 4 Uses of
revere
in
1984 by Orwell
- Winston watched it with a sort of vague reverence.†
p. 124..2
- His function is to act as a focusing point for love, fear, and reverence, emotions which are more easily felt towards an individual than towards an organization.
p. 208..5 *reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration
- The mystical reverence that he felt for her was somehow mixed up with the aspect of the pale, cloudless sky, stretching away behind the chimney-pots into interminable distance.†
p. 220..2
- The peculiar reverence for O'Brien, which nothing seemed able to destroy, flooded Winston's heart again.†
p. 273..8
Definition:
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(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear