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
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revere
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[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
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British
/ rɪˈvɪə /
verb
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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
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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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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
There are people who absolutely genuinely love and revere him.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 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
Iran has about 90 million people, many of whom despise the regime, many of whom revere it.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
If we must worship a power greater than ourselves, does it not make sense to revere the Sun and stars?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
At Revere Records in the city, where Zimbo heads up its urban division, a young artist, Solitary, is recording a track.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Revere Securities, one of the top underwriters of foreign penny-stock IPOs, agrees to an $800,000 fine for failing to flag suspicious activity without admitting or denying the findings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“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
He did not know one thing against him, but he felt the man was crooked, and he knew that Paul Revere and Joseph Warren felt as he felt about Church.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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
His wife, whom Mr. Murray plainly reveres, is a Quaker who doesn’t care all that much about the factual questions that bother him in this book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Anxious to finish his shift in time for a celebratory dinner, he finds himself teamed with Travis, “the annoying new kid,” a chatterbox who conversely reveres Russell as a god.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
His disciples believe that in time the world will reverence Comte’s sentiment about Clotilde de Vaux, as it reveres Dante’s adoration of Beatrice—a parallel that Comte himself was the first to hit upon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
Among silver-screen romances, the Blake Lively-led odyssey across time, “The Age of Adaline,” isn’t exactly the most revered.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Counterpoint humanized publishing, revered its authors, honored and will live on in its books.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Bishnoi has publicly threatened Khan over a 1998 poaching case involving blackbucks, a species of antelope revered by the Bishnoi community.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The saint is revered by Brazil's Catholics but is not recognized as an object of worship by its growing evangelical population.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
In the weeks before the event, he prepared detailed comments on papers submitted by Cockcroft and Chadwick—laying out, in effect, a direct challenge to the work of the revered Cavendish Laboratory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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
Rev′erence, fear arising from high respect: respectful awe: veneration: honour: an act of revering or obeisance: a bow or courtesy: a title of the clergy.—v.t. to regard with reverence: to venerate or honour.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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