revere
pronunciation
How to pronounce revere in British English:
UK [rɪˈvɪə(r)]
How to pronounce revere in American English:
US [rɪˈvɪr]
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- Noun:
- a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
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- Verb:
- love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
- regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
Word Origin
- revere
- revere: [17] Revere goes back ultimately to Latin verērī ‘hold in awe or fear’, a possible distant relative of English aware and beware. Addition of the intensive prefix re- produced reverērī, which English probably acquired via French révérer. The derivative reverend [15], which comes from the Latin gerundive reverendus ‘to be revered’, has been used from earliest times as a title of respect for clergymen. That was for long a common application of reverent [14] too, which came from the Latin present participial stem reverent-.
- revere (v.)
- 1660s, from French révérer, from Latin revereri "revere, fear" (see reverence (n.), which also was the earlier form of the verb). Related: Revered; revering.
Example
- 1. Hindus revere cows and slaughtering them is illegal in most of india .
- 2. But in extraordinary times , germans who revere the bundesbank have been shocked .
- 3. Re-enactors detest a development that threatens the ground they revere .
- 4. But the anc still has a powerful hold over many black south africans who revere the party for its liberation past .
- 5. Mr draghi knows that germans revere their central bank ; he also knows that it is germany that underwrites the euro .