"revere" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹə.viːɹ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-revere.wav [US] Forms: reveres [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: 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}} 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 [US] Forms: reveres [present, singular, third-person], revering [participle, present], revered [participle, past], revered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: 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}} 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 (to 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), ehren (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-ETOqc4nK Disambiguation of 'to 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 (to venerate someone or something as an idol): благоговея (blagogoveja) (Bulgarian), aanbidden (Dutch), verafgoden (Dutch), ihannoida (Finnish), révérer (French), idolâtrer (French), 숭배하다 (sungbaehada) (Korean), idolatrar (Spanish), winā-sk- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-revere-en-verb-FZMeUb7O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 30 41 Topics: lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'to venerate someone or something as an idol': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: approve Related terms: reverence

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "aistan",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
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          "word": "敬う"
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          "roman": "sonkei suru",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
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          "roman": "sūkei suru",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "崇敬する"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jon'gyeonghada",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "존경하다"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
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          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "reverenciar"
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          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "pūjayati",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "पूजयति"
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          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
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          "word": "vörda"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "winā-sk-"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to 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": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
          "word": "احترام کرنا"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "roman": "blagogoveja",
          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
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          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "aanbidden"
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          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "verafgoden"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "ihannoida"
        },
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          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "révérer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "idolâtrer"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sungbaehada",
          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "숭배하다"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "idolatrar"
        },
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
          "word": "winā-sk-"
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      "word": "esteem"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
      "word": "exalt"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
      "word": "idolize"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
      "word": "prize"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "rate"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
      "word": "regard"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
      "word": "revere"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
      "word": "value"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:revere",
      "word": "worthy"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "počitam",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "почитам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tača",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "тача"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "reverir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "reverenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ging³ wai³",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "敬畏"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jan⁴ wai³",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "寅畏"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìngwèi",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "敬畏"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "vereren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "kunnioittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "kunnioittaa syvästi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "arvostaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "arvostaa suuresti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "ihailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "idolâtrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "révérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "ehren"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "aistan",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gaaistan",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "urraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uyamau",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "敬う"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sonkei suru",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "尊敬する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sūkei suru",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "崇敬する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jon'gyeonghada",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "존경하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "revereor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "whakarangatira"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "whakakoha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "kauanuanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "reverenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "pūjayati",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "पूजयति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "пошто̀вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "poštòvati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "reverenciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "beundran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "akta och ära"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "vörda"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "winā-sk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "saygı duymak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ehterām karnā",
      "sense": "to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion",
      "word": "احترام کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blagogoveja",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "благоговея"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "aanbidden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "verafgoden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "ihannoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "révérer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "idolâtrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sungbaehada",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "숭배하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "idolatrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to venerate someone or something as an idol",
      "word": "winā-sk-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "revere"
}

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    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English nouns",
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