revere

«revere» in Mova's school dictionary: to respect and admire them very deeply — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (revere, reveres, revered, revering)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To revere someone or something is to respect and admire them very deeply. tree →

2) (a name) Paul Revere was an American who rode at night in 1775 to warn that British soldiers were coming. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and religion lessons people revere saints, leaders or holy places; Christians revere God and the saints. Phrases: deeply revered, revered as a hero.

examples

• Many people revere Nelson Mandela. tree →
• The monks revered their teacher. tree →
• She is revered as a great scientist. tree →
• Christians revere Jesus as the Son of God. tree →
• Paul Revere's ride is a famous story. tree →
• The old tree was revered by the village. tree →
• He was more especially worshipped in the Peloponnesus, though universally revered throughout Greece and in the south of Italy. tree →

note

Formal. Past: revered. Noun: reverence. Adjective: reverent.

In the corpora

• Paul Revere rode in 1775; the "The British are coming!" version comes mostly from a poem written in 1860.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «revere» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.