"revere" meaning in English

See revere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɹə.viːɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-revere.wav Forms: reveres [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{bor+|en|fr|révérer}} Borrowed from French révérer, {{der|en|la|revereor}} Latin revereor, {{prefix|la|re-|vereor|nocat=1|t2=to fear}} re- + vereor (“to fear”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} revere (plural reveres)
  1. a revers
    Sense id: en-revere-en-noun-avf8myu5

Verb

IPA: /ɹə.viːɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-revere.wav Forms: reveres [present, singular, third-person], revering [participle, present], revered [participle, past], revered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wer-|id=heed}}, {{bor+|en|fr|révérer}} Borrowed from French révérer, {{der|en|la|revereor}} Latin revereor, {{prefix|la|re-|vereor|nocat=1|t2=to fear}} re- + vereor (“to fear”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} revere (third-person singular simple present reveres, present participle revering, simple past and past participle revered)
  1. (transitive) To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion. Tags: transitive Translations (regard someone or something with great awe or devotion): почитам (počitam) (Bulgarian), тача (tača) (Bulgarian), reverir (Catalan), reverenciar (Catalan), 敬畏 (ging³ wai³) (Chinese Cantonese), 寅畏 (jan⁴ wai³) [literally] (Chinese Cantonese), 敬畏 (jìngwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), vereren (Dutch), kunnioittaa (Finnish), kunnioittaa syvästi (Finnish), arvostaa (Finnish), arvostaa suuresti (Finnish), ihailla (Finnish), idolâtrer (French), révérer (French), verehren (German), 𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (aistan) (Gothic), 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gaaistan) (Gothic), urraigh (Irish), 敬う (uyamau) (Japanese), 尊敬する (sonkei suru) (Japanese), 崇敬する (sūkei suru) (Japanese), 존경하다 (jon'gyeonghada) (Korean), revereor (Latin), whakarangatira (Maori), whakakoha (Maori), kauanuanu (Maori), reverenciar (Portuguese), पूजयति (pūjayati) (Sanskrit), пошто̀вати [Cyrillic, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), poštòvati [Roman, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), reverenciar (Spanish), beundran (Swedish), akta och ära (Swedish), vörda (Swedish), winā-sk- (Tocharian B), saygı duymak (Turkish), احترام کرنا (ehterām karnā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-revere-en-verb-Nxf5DSC5 Disambiguation of 'regard someone or something with great awe or devotion': 99 1
  2. (transitive, also religion) To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol. Tags: also, transitive Categories (topical): Religion Translations (venerate someone or something as an idol): благоговея (blagogoveja) (Bulgarian), aanbidden (Dutch), verafgoden (Dutch), ihannoida (Finnish), révérer (French), idolâtrer (French), anbeten (German), 숭배하다 (sungbaehada) (Korean), idolatrar (Spanish), winā-sk- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-revere-en-verb-p3kE95x8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 22 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 25 46 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 6 29 10 36 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 24 19 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 25 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 25 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 19 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 17 14 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 19 15 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 19 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 20 16 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 23 20 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 24 19 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 21 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 13 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 24 19 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 19 15 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 20 17 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 4 3 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 17 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 23 19 58 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'venerate someone or something as an idol': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: approve Related terms: reverence

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "despise"
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        "(transitive) To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion."
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "počitam",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "почитам"
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          "word": "тача"
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "reverir"
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "ging³ wai³",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "敬畏"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "jan⁴ wai³",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "tags": [
            "literally"
          ],
          "word": "寅畏"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "jìngwèi",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "敬畏"
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "vereren"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "kunnioittaa"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "kunnioittaa syvästi"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "arvostaa"
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          "word": "arvostaa suuresti"
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "ihailla"
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "idolâtrer"
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "révérer"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "verehren"
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "aistan",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gaaistan",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽"
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "urraigh"
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          "roman": "uyamau",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "敬う"
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          "roman": "sonkei suru",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "尊敬する"
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          "roman": "sūkei suru",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "崇敬する"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jon'gyeonghada",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "존경하다"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "revereor"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "whakarangatira"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "whakakoha"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "kauanuanu"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "reverenciar"
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          "roman": "pūjayati",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "पूजयति"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "tags": [
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            "imperfective",
            "perfective"
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          "word": "пошто̀вати"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
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          "word": "poštòvati"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "reverenciar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "beundran"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "akta och ära"
        },
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          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "vörda"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "winā-sk-"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "saygı duymak"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "ehterām karnā",
          "sense": "regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "احترام کرنا"
        }
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        "To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol."
      ],
      "id": "en-revere-en-verb-p3kE95x8",
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "honour",
          "honour"
        ],
        [
          "worship",
          "worship"
        ],
        [
          "saint",
          "saint"
        ],
        [
          "idol",
          "idol"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, also religion) To honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g., a saint, or an idol."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "transitive"
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      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
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        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "blagogoveja",
          "sense": "venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "благоговея"
        },
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          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "aanbidden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "verafgoden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "anbeten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "ihannoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "13 87",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "révérer"
        },
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        "3": "revereor"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin revereor",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "re-",
        "3": "vereor",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t2": "to fear"
      },
      "expansion": "re- + vereor (“to fear”)",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "reveres",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "revere (plural reveres)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a revers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "revers",
          "revers"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹə.viːɹ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-revere.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-revere.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-revere.wav.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "revere"
}

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