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
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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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"I still revere him very much," Xie Kaiyue, a 22-year-old local university student, said of Mao, who died almost three decades before she was born.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
As it happens, Hegseth wasn’t alone in offending the entire Western world, which he purports to revere.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
His descendants revere Aegon the Conqueror so highly that he has numerous prominent namesakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Iran has about 90 million people, many of whom despise the regime, many of whom revere it.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2026
I don’t know what caused the transformation, why suddenly I could engage with the great thinkers of the past, rather than revere them to the point of muteness.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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
In 1765, Revere had joined an organization that would become the Sons of Liberty, a radical group calling for protest against taxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
But one day a man who was not a Liberty Boy told Revere everything that had been said in the tavern the night before.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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
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
We love you, O commander of the faithful! our master, the good Emir Fakreddin, loves you also: he reveres, in your person, the vicegerent of Mahomet.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
Back in Pipinsried, Hurzeler's name is still revered - and he has not forgotten where his coaching journey began.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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
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
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
He seemed eternally indestructible as he sat there surrounded by danger, his features molded firmly into that same fierce, regal, just and forbidding countenance which was recognized and revered by every man in the squadron.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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
But know this: Parenting culture is moving toward greater respect for all while still caring for and revering our elders.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2023
The North’s main Rodong Sinmun newspaper said North Korea is revering Kim Il Sung as “eternal president” under the “outstanding leadership of comrade Kim Jong Un.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Phorenice," I said, "I have been a priest from my childhood up, revering the Gods, and growing intimate with their mysteries.
From The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
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