All 4 Uses of
revere
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- The name of father is sacred in two senses; he should be reverenced as the author of our being and as a master whom we ought to obey.
Chpt 59-60 *reverenced = respected with a mixture of fear and awe
- Maximilian hung his head, and obeyed with childlike reverence.†
Chpt 105-106
- Bending on one knee, he placed it reverently by the side of its mother, with its head upon her breast.†
Chpt 111-112
- No, he merely drew a pocketbook from his pocket, and took from it a paper folded in four, and after having examined it in a manner almost reverential, he said—"Good!†
Chpt 113-114
Definition:
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(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear