revere

See also: Revere, révéré, and révère

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹə.viːɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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.

   a highly revered musician

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

regard someone or something with great awe or devotion

Bulgarian: почитам (bg) (počitam), тача (bg) (tača) Catalan: reverir (ca), reverenciar (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 敬畏 (ging3 wai3), 寅畏 (jan4 wai3) (literally) Mandarin: 敬畏 (zh) (jìngwèi) Dutch: vereren (nl) Finnish: kunnioittaa (fi), kunnioittaa syvästi, arvostaa (fi), arvostaa suuresti, ihailla (fi) French: idolâtrer (fr), révérer (fr) German: verehren (de) Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (aistan), 𐌲𐌰𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gaaistan) 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) Latin: revereor Maori: whakarangatira, whakakoha, kauanuanu Portuguese: reverenciar (pt) Sanskrit: पूजयति (sa) (pūjayati) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пошто̀вати impf or pf Roman: poštòvati (sh) impf or pf Spanish: reverenciar (es) Swedish: beundran (sv), akta och ära, vörda (sv) Tocharian B: winā-sk- Turkish: saygı duymak (tr) Urdu: احترام کرنا (ehterām karnā)

venerate someone or something as an idol

Bulgarian: благоговея (bg) (blagogoveja) Chinese: Mandarin: 崇敬 (zh) (chóngjìng), 敬仰 (zh) (jìngyǎng) Dutch: aanbidden (nl), verafgoden (nl) German: anbeten (de) Finnish: ihannoida (fi) French: révérer (fr), idolâtrer (fr) Korean: 숭배하다 (ko) (sungbaehada) Spanish: idolatrar (es) Tocharian B: winā-sk-

Noun

revere (plural reveres)

1. a revers

Anagrams

• veerer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited 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.
   • p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 2018 February 8:

     Gif tƿa men oþer ·iii· coman ridend to an tun · al þe tunſcipe flugæn foꝛ heom. ƿenden ð hi ƿæron ræuereſ.

     If two or three men came riding into a town, the whole town ran away from them, concluding that they were robbers.

2. A reaver or looter.

Descendants

• English: reaver
• Scots: refar (obsolete)
• ⇒ Yola: rivery

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

revere

1. Alternative form of ryver