All 5 Uses of
revere
in
The Souls of Black Folk
- We the darker ones come even now not altogether empty-handed: there are to-day no truer exponents of the pure human spirit of the Declaration of Independence than the American Negroes; there is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and folklore are Indian and African; and, all in all, we black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.†
Chpt 1reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- I peeped through the window half reverently, and found things that were more familiar.†
Chpt 4 *reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- They already dimly perceive that the paths of peace winding between honest toil and dignified manhood call for the guidance of skilled thinkers, the loving, reverent comradeship between the black lowly and the black men emancipated by training and culture.†
Chpt 6reverent = feeling or showing respect and admiration
- beneath thy broad blue sky shall my dark baby rest in peace,—where Reverence dwells, and Goodness, and a Freedom that is free?†
Chpt 11reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- Such an assumption is the arrogance of peoples irreverent toward Time and ignorant of the deeds of men.†
Chpt 14irreverent = showing a lack of respect for things respected by most peoplestandard prefix: The prefix "ir-" in irreverent means not and reverses the meaning of reverent. This prefix is sometimes used before words beginning with "R" as seen in words like irrational, irregular, and irresistible.
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.