revere
verb (used with object)
to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate.
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
2
American
[ri-veer]
/ rɪˈvɪər /
noun
Revere
3
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
1
British
/ rɪˈvɪə /
noun
revere
2
British
/ rɪˈvɪə /
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
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
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
Now Carlson is making his way back into the conversation by opposing the man he once claimed to revere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
“Well, they come from that tradition. We revere the gods’ familiars,” she said.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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
Even the legendary pitchman Paul Revere decided he could reach more people in print than on horseback, turning to newspaper ads to pitch his foundry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Silversmith, printmaker, businessman, and patriot, Revere has acquired heroic status thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s long poem about his legendary midnight ride, and Copley’s painting has become virtually an American icon.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
The 54-year-old has spent years collecting revolutionary memorabilia and reveres Castro as "the master."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
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
"I want a president who reveres the Constitution...who believes in the rule of law and the peaceful transfer of power," Springsteen said while introducing "Land of Hope and Dreams."
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2024
She reveres in you the Pontiff; but she will not stop in her progress for the Prince.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
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
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
The musician, whose real name was Gary Anderson, rose to fame as the frontman of Rose Tattoo, one of Australia's most revered rock bands, from 1976.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Now comes nerve-jangling Korean director Na Hong-jin, long a revered force in genre cinema thanks to “The Yellow Sea” and “The Wailing,” with his own bid for immortality, the alien-monster tempest “Hope.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A generation later these silly, ignorant ladies would be long dead and still revered at High Table and spoken of in lowered voices.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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
It wasn’t a big part, but Butler had grown up revering Tarantino’s work, and he wasn’t going to pass on the dream of working with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
They are unchanged, the servants of the Lord, revering the day’s gentle going.
From The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays by David Masson
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