Both Uses of
revere
in
Billy Budd
- While the old man's eccentricities, sometimes bordering on the ursine, repelled the juniors, Billy, undeterred thereby, revering him as a salt hero, would make advances, never passing the old Agamemnon man without a salutation marked by that respect which is seldom lost on the aged however crabbed at times or whatever their station in life.†
Chpt 9revering = regarding with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- Billy listened, but less out of awe or reverence perhaps than from a certain natural politeness;
Chpt 24 *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)
- 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.