All 3 Uses of
revere
in
The Merchant of Venice
- do them reverence
Scene 1.1 *reverence = respect and admiration
- is a kind of devil; and, to run away from the Jew, I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence!†
Scene 2.2reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- His master and he, saving your worship's reverence, are scarce cater-cousins— LAUNCELOT.†
Scene 2.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus)
- Your reverence is a title that can be used to address royalty or clergy.
- Irreverent is the opposite of reverent and in addition to meaning "without respect" can sometimes imply a comic attitude.