All 3 Uses of
revere
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- He stood now gazing with great reverence at the famous detective.
Chpt 4 *reverence = deep respect and admiration
- At the present instant one of the most revered names in England is being besmirched by a blackmailer, and only I can stop a disastrous scandal.†
Chpt 5revered = deeply respected and admired
- We all three shook hands, and I saw at once from the reverential way in which Lestrade gazed at my companion that he had learned a good deal since the days when they had first worked together.†
Chpt 13reverential = with feelings of deep respect and admiration
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.