revere
verb (used with object)
to regard with respect tinged with awe; venerate.
reveres
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present tense formof revere (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The 54-year-old has spent years collecting revolutionary memorabilia and reveres Castro as "the master."
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Fred dreams of beating his annual sales goal and earning a trip to Palm Springs, Calif., a place he reveres “the way others may have felt about Canterbury or Jerusalem or Mecca.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
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
Clayton Kershaw was at the center of the Dodgers experience over the last 18 years, becoming a legend for the team and a city that reveres its sports legends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
My fortress then was that same hill which pious Rome reveres Even now, and thinks on Janus when Janiculum she hears.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
