Both Uses of
revere
in
Candide
- "However," said Cacambo, "the captain is not a Spaniard, but a German, he is ready to perish with hunger as well as myself; cannot we have something for breakfast, while we wait for his reverence?"†
Chpt 14reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- She dropped her bouquet; I picked it up, and presented it to her with a profound reverence.
Chpt 28 *reverence = 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.