All 3 Uses of
revere
in
The Mill on the Floss
- A boy's sheepishness is by no means a sign of overmastering reverence; and while you are making encouraging advances to him under the idea that he is overwhelmed by a sense of your age and wisdom, ten to one he is thinking you extremely queer.
Chpt 1.9 *reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- The religion of the Dodsons consisted in revering whatever was customary and respectable; it was necessary to be baptized, else one could not be buried in the church-yard, and to take the sacrament before death, as a security against more dimly understood perils; but it was of equal necessity to have the proper pall-bearers and well-cured hams at one's funeral, and to leave an unimpeachable will.†
Chpt 4.1
- Mrs. Bob's small nose seemed to be following the example of her eyes in turning up reverentially toward Maggie, but she was able now to smile and curtsey, and say, "I'd looked forrard like aenything to seein' you, Miss, for my husband's tongue's been runnin' on you, like as if he was light-headed, iver since first he come a-courtin' on me."†
Chpt 6.4
Definition:
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(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear