All 3 Uses of
revere
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- Scrooge reverently disclaimed all intention to offend or any knowledge of having wilfully "bonneted" the Spirit at any period of his life.†
p. 33.9reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- Scrooge reverently did so.
p. 60.3 *reverently = with feelings of deep respect
- But of the loved, revered, and honoured head, thou canst not turn one hair to thy dread purposes, or make one feature odious.†
p. 105.4revered = deeply respected and admired
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) 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.