Both Uses of
revere
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- Do not believe That, from the sense of all civility, I thus would play and trifle with your reverence: Your daughter,—if you have not given her leave,— I say again, hath made a gross revolt; Tying her duty, beauty, wit, and fortunes In an extravagant and wheeling stranger Of here and everywhere.†
Scene 1.1reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- in the due reverence of a sacred vow
Scene 3.3 *reverence = deep respect
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.