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Verb: revere  ri'veer
  1. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
    "Many teenagers revered the Beatles";
    - idolize, idolise [Brit], worship, hero-worship
     
  2. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed, exalted or be in awe of
    "revere God as your father";
    - reverence, fear, venerate
Noun: revere  ri'veer
  1. A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
    - revers
Noun: Revere  ri'veer
  1. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
    - Paul Revere

Sounds like: retches, wrerevere

Derived forms: reveres, revering, revered

Type of: adore, American Revolutionary leader, esteem, lapel, prize, respect, silversmith, silverworker, silver-worker, value

Encyclopedia: Revere, Missouri