All 5 Uses of
revere
in
The Idiot
- We shall see how both of you (I don't count Aglaya) will manage your business, and whether you, most revered Alexandra Ivanovna, will be happy with your fine mate.†
Chpt 1.7revered = deeply respected and admired
- "No, no, excuse me, most revered prince," Lebedeff interrupted, excitedly.†
Chpt 3.7
- Not the least bit in the world, esteemed and revered prince!†
Chpt 4.3
- The dignitary himself had been General Epanchin's protector from his youth up; and the general considered him so majestic a personage that he would have felt a hearty contempt for himself if he had even for one moment allowed himself to pose as the great man's equal, or to think of him—in his fear and reverence-as anything less than an Olympic God!†
Chpt 4.6reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- She then bent her head reverently, before the ikon
Chpt 4.10 *reverently = with feelings of 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.