All 4 Uses of
revere
in
Of Human Bondage
- Reverence for what somebody said is a stultifying quality: there's a damned sight too much reverence in the world.†
Chpt 67-68
- Reverence for what somebody said is a stultifying quality: there's a damned sight too much reverence in the world.†
Chpt 67-68
- Philip felt that the inhabitants of that city would have seen the apparition without astonishment, reverent and thankful, and have gone their ways.†
Chpt 87-88
- The falls of Schaffhausen made him 'offer reverent thanks to the all-powerful Creator of the universe, whose works were wondrous and beautiful,'
Chpt 111-112 *reverent = with wonder and awe
Definition:
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(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear