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Verb: revere  ri'vir [N. Amer], ri'vi-u(r) [Brit]
  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 or exalted or be in awe of
    "revere God as your father"
    - reverence, fear, venerate
Noun: revere  ri'vir [N. Amer], ri'vi-u(r) [Brit]
  1. A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
    - revers
Noun: Revere  ri'vir [N. Amer], ri'vi-u(r) [Brit]
  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: revers

Derived forms: revered, revering, reveres

See also: reverence, reverent

Type of: adore, American Revolutionary leader, esteem, lapel, prise [Brit, Cdn], prize, respect, silversmith, silverworker, silver-worker, value

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