All 5 Uses of
revere
in
This I Believe
- Out of this right he has built, laboriously and lovingly, something we reverently call democracy.†
Chpt 5reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- In a dancer there is a reverence for such forgotten things as the miracle of the small beautiful bones and their delicate strength.†
Chpt 26reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- In a thinker there is a reverence for the beauty of the alert and directed and lucid mind.
Chpt 26 *reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration
- Reverence for the beauty and preciousness of the earth, and a sense of responsibility to do what I can to make it a habitation of health and plenty for all men.†
Chpt 43reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- Even today, when I pass it on my frequent trips to Europe, a feeling—something like reverence—comes over me.†
Chpt 48
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.