revere

See also: Revere, révéré, and révère

English

Etymology

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From French révérer, from Latin re- + vereor (“to fear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹə.viːɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Verb

revere (third-person singular simple present rever, present participle ing, simple past and past participle revered)

1. (transitive) to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion.
2. (transitive, also religion) to honour in a form lesser than worship, e.g. a saint, or an idol

Synonyms

• respect
• venerate

Antonyms

• contemn
• despise

Related terms

• reverence

Translations

to regard someone or something with great awe or devotion

• Catalan: reverir (ca), reverenciar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: vereren (nl)
• Finnish: kunnioittaa (fi), kunnioittaa syvästi, arvostaa (fi), arvostaa suuresti, ihailla (fi)
• French: idolâtrer (fr)
• Irish: urraigh
• Japanese: 敬う (ja) (uyamau), 尊敬する (ja) (sonkei suru), 崇敬する (ja) (sūkei suru)
• Korean: 존경하다 (ko) (jon'gyeonghada)
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• Latin: revereor
• Maori: whakarangatira, whakakoha, kauanuanu
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пошто̀вати impf or pf

  Roman: poštòvati (sh) impf or pf

• Spanish: reverenciar (es)
• Swedish: beundran (sv), akta och ära, vörda (sv)
• Turkish: saygı duymak (tr)
• Urdu: احترام کرنا (ehterām karnā)

to venerate someone or something as an idol

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: aanbidden (nl), verafgoden (nl)
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• Finnish: ihannoida (fi)
• Korean: 숭배하다 (ko) (sungbaehada)
• Spanish: idolatrar (es)

Noun

revere (plural reveres)

1. a revers

Anagrams

• veerer

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English rēafere; equivalent to reven +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

• rævere, reavere, reiver, reaferæ, reavar, revre, revar, revour, refar, reyvour, reyver, rever, ryver

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːvər(ə)/

Noun

revere (plural reveres)

1. A robber or burglar; one who steals or thieves.
2. A reaver or looter.

Descendants

• English: reaver
• Scots: refar (obsolete)

References

• “rēver(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman rivere.

Noun

revere

1. Alternative form of ryver