revere
verb (used with object)
to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate.
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revere
1 American
[ri-veer]
/ rɪˈvɪər /
verb (used with object)
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reveres,
present (3rd person singular)
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revered,
past participle, past
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revering
present participle
revere
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American
[ri-veer]
/ rɪˈvɪər /
noun
Revere
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American
[ri-veer]
/ rɪˈvɪər /
noun
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Paul, 1735–1818, American silversmith and patriot, famous for his night horseback ride, April 18, 1775, to warn Massachusetts colonists of the coming of British troops.
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a city in E Massachusetts, on Massachusetts Bay, near Boston: seaside resort.
Revere
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British
/ rɪˈvɪə /
noun
revere
2
British
/ rɪˈvɪə /
verb
Other Word Forms
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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reveresimple
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reveressimple
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have reveredperfect
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has reveredperfect
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am reveringprogressive
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are reveringprogressive
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is reveringprogressive
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have been reveringperfect progressive
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has been reveringperfect progressive
Past
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reveredsimple
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had reveredperfect
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was reveringprogressive
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were reveringprogressive
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had been reveringperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of revere
First recorded in 1655–65; from Latin reverērī, equivalent to re- re- + verērī “to stand in awe of, fear, feel reverence” (akin to ware 2 )
Explanation
Revere means to respect someone so deeply that you almost worship them. Many Americans revere civil rights activists like Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks, who worked to make the country a more just place. Revere is related to the words reverence ("to hold something in worshipful awe") and its opposite — irreverent. Reverence for the irreverent is actually possible. Howard Stern humor is often vulgar and absurdly irreverent yet his legions of fans and even some media analysts revere him and his ability to maintain a loyal audience. Revere is the perfect word when respect is not strong enough but worship seems a little too religious-sounding. Rock stars, for example, are revered by throngs of devoted fans.
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Example Sentences
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Saylor is not an obvious candidate for jaded people to revere.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
But many Serbs continued to revere a military commander who painted himself as a "simple man" whom fate had chosen to protect his people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
At the Louvre, the impulse is not to revere Franklin, gazing out from inside his vitrine, but to approach him—to bend down, to look him in the eye.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
As it happens, Hegseth wasn’t alone in offending the entire Western world, which he purports to revere.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
He promised to revere her as if she had been First Wife, his only wife.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
“I would have sent a Paul Revere alarm up and down the Valley,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Darren Walker, president of Anonymous Content, filled the Paul Revere Williams–designed house with sleek furnishings and a curated collection of Black art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Sometimes, the differential is simply about the time elapsed: A stunning silver pitcher by the aforementioned Revere with accompanying documentation was estimated to bring—at auction, as the experts always caution—between $25,000 and $60,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
“That was Walt’s thing. It all connects. I love that people can hopefully now connect both things. You can connect Tomorrowland and Walt with Paul Revere Williams.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
He passed that letter on to Gage—and he never gave Rachel’s money to Paul Revere.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
On the one hand, Ms. Brown reveres the wisdom passed down through generations and draws on institutional knowledge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A Shiite cleric, he lives frugally and was brought up in a religious tradition that reveres martyrdom.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
As somebody who has come up through the department, who reveres it, what do the two sides of that coin look like?
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
Von Scherler Mayer reveres Mary’s youth and vitality while celebrating what would be the dying gasp of an era, telegraphing the ways of Mary’s life to even the most oblivious couch potato.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
Yet he reveres the countess; and, I fear, Will spy more sin, in doubts that wound her quiet, Than in my stifling them.
From The Count of Narbonne A Tragedy, in Five Acts by Robert Jephson
It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Our creativity and innovation, how we made music and movies and clothes and vaccines and lifesaving drugs and consumer goods revered the world over.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
In Burma, the revered revolutionary figure Aung San warmed to Imperial Japan because it had helped create the Burma Independence Army.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s only one of the most revered sporting venues in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
I didn’t mix much with the Hasidim, but the extent to which they revered Danny was obvious to everyone.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
The film purports to show how socioeconomic inequality is a result of “the cultural pendulum swinging too far towards revering things we consider ‘masculine,’ like individualism, power, and money,” according to the nonprofit’s website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
"This tells me about the whole community, this tells me about how they were thinking, how they were behaving, how they were revering the heavens."
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Armstrong, who grew up revering Schulz, has a deep connection to Franklin.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Some 600 adoring souls will scream their approval, revering the skill, the dedication, the opulence.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
Meet it as ye rise, Assume the pebbles, and decide the cause, Your oath revering.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
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