reverentadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛv(ə)rənt/,

/ˈrɛv(ə)rn̩t/, U.S.

/ˈrɛv(ə)rənt/

Forms: Middle English reuerentt, Middle English reuerunt, Middle English reuerentz (modifying a plural noun), Middle English–1500s reuerente, Middle English–1600s reuerent, Middle English– reverent, 1600s–1700s rev'rent, 1800s rever'nt (U.S. regional); Scottish pre-1700 reuerent, pre-1700 reuerentz (modifying a plural noun), pre-1700 reverant, pre-1700 1700s– reverent.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Probably also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin reverent-, reverēns; French reverent, reverend.

Etymology: In sense 1 < classical Latin reverent-, reverēns respectful, deferential, use as adjective of present participle of reverērī revere v.; compare Middle French reverent respectful (15th cent., rare). In senses 2 and 4 probably either after or < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reverent (14th cent.), variant of reverend reverend adj.; compare also post-classical Latin reverentissimus most venerable (c400; from 6th cent. (frequently from 12th cent.) in British sources) as a respectful form of address; already in classical Latin as superlative form corresponding to reverēns ). Compare Spanish reverente (late 14th cent.), Portuguese reverente (1485), Italian riverente , reverente (a1444). Compare reverend adj.; the extent of the semantic overlap between the two words suggests that they were not clearly distinguished in early use.

a. Characterized by or expressive of reverence; feeling or showing reverence; deeply respectful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adjective]

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reverenta1382

reverend1449

reverencing1573

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venerate1592

venerable1613

revering1639

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venerant1846

venerational1854

venerative1860

a1382 [implied in: Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. viii. 12 Ther was good to men..that reuerentli dreden [a1425 L.V. reuerensen; L. verentur] the face of hym. (at reverently adv. 1)].

c1390 W. Hilton Expos. Qui habitat & Bonum Est (1954) 18 (MED) Haue euer drede of god with reuerent mekenes.

a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 154 (MED) Þis same werk..is þat reuerent affeccion & þe frute departid fro þe tre þat I speke of in þi lityl pistle of preier.

1486 Coote Armuris sig. aiv^v, in Bk. St. Albans To be gracious to his presoner, to be reuerent and faythfull to his god.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii ^v He was herde of almyghtye god in his prayer and askynge.., for his reuerente behauoure.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 80^v Diogenes had muche reuerente attendaunce dooen to hym by the saied children.

1595 W. Jones tr. G. B. Nenna Nennio f. 87 Let him (a gentleman of noble blood) yet be respective, reuerent.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena i. 38 Putting then his hat off in a reverent manner, he proceeded.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 349 Lowly reverent Towards either Throne they bow.

1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xxxvii 'Tis not likely you should have this Sense, These reverent Notions of their Providence.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxv. 316 To see multitudes of well-appearing people, all joining in one reverent act.

1774 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. II. 127 Can you bow down with reverent awe Before this puppet king of straw?

a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 313 Hermes and Apollo reverent stood Before Jove's throne.

1869 A. Maclaren Serm. preached in Manch. 2nd Ser. x. 189 We shall exclaim with..more reverent wonder, ‘What is man..that Thou visitest him?’

1930 Punch 30 Apr. 478/2 They make reverent overtures to our Siamese Pugsie.

1971 I. Murdoch Accidental Man 161 Mrs Monkley handed it quickly to her husband, who put it away with a reverent air as if it were a holy relic.

2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 19 Feb. 15/2 The New York Daily News , historically reverent toward the founder, is beating him regularly upside the head.

b. With of.

ΚΠ

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. i. sig. Gggg4 They are..so reverent of their King, that when they are in his presence, they never look him in the face, but sit flat on their buttock, with their elbows on their knees, and their hands on their faces.

1749 J. Garnett Diss. Bk. Job 107 He endeavours to humble them into a becoming sense of themselves, and into one more reverent of God.

1755 M. Masters Familiar Lett. & Poems 286 Pure are my Thoughts, from all Profaneness free, Awfully reverent of the Deity.

1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 4 Reverent of the human soul.

1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 26 I entered, reverent of whatever shrine Guards piety and solace for my kind.

1890 H. Caine Bondman ii. xiii This rude chamber so reverent of law.

1926 Jrnl. Philos. 23 655 He is too reverent of whatever facts he has chanced to find.

1991 G. Watson Brit. Lit. since 1945 (BNC) 47 The hunger for a literary tradition..more reverent of ancient story and less of modern despair, survived to the end.

2. = reverend adj. 1. Now rare.Common before the mid 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective]

rulerc1390

reverent1398

ruly?c1450

ecclesiasticala1538

ministerial1561

clerical1592

ecclesiastic1603

cleric1623

reverend1625

clergical1632

clergya1635

hieratical1656

churchmanlike1786

shovel-hatted1832

churchmanly1833

hieratic1866

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]

faireOE

wortheOE

worthlyeOE

worthfulOE

menskful?c1225

toldc1275

digne1297

of price?a1300

worshiply1340

worthya1350

menska1375

thriftyc1374

worshipfula1375

worthilya1375

honesta1382

honourablec1384

unshamedc1384

sada1387

of reputationc1390

well-nameda1393

reverent1398

worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400

celebrable?c1400

honouredc1400

worshipablec1425

substantialc1449

undefameda1450

unreviled?1457

honorousa1500

reputed?1532

well-thought-ona1533

well-spoken1539

credible1543

undespised?1548

imitable1550

famous1555

undistained1565

undefame1578

untarred1579

well-reputed1583

unsoiledc1592

dishonourless1595

well-deemed1595

nameworthy1598

regardful1600

indisgraced1606

credenta1616

undishonoureda1616

unscandalized1618

unscandalous1618

unslandered1622

untainted1627

dignousa1636

undisparaged1636

considerable1641

unbranded1641

glorifiable1651

reputable1671

unsullied1743

unstigmatized1778

undisgraced1812

unstained1863

well-thought-of1865

uncompromised1882

scandal-proof1904

cred1987

1398–9 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 488 Til the reverent fadir in Crist David Abbot of Melros.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 229 What good doiþ þis gabbing, þat þe pope wole be clepid ‘moost hooly fadir’ here, and bishop ‘moost reverent’ man?

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 151 In all the remenant of the world ne myghte a man fynde a more reuerent man ne highere in worschipe.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes (title page) Compyled by the ryght reuerente fader in god Iohan fyssher.

1533 T. More Apologye 81 b The sacred prynces and prestes. Agaynste any of whyche two reuerent orders [etc.].

1577 R. Davies Funerall Serm. sig. ❧ij The lamentable speache of the graue and reuerent Father, the Byshop of S. Dauies (expressed wyth abundaunce of dolour and teares).

1603 T. Bell Anat. Popish Tyrannie iv. vi. 177 Our reuerent father Iesuite Iones.

1652 Bp. J. Hall Let. conc. Christmasse 7 By that Reverent Father in God Dr. Joseph Hall, the late Lord Bishop of Norwich.

1796 J. Moser Hermit of Caucasus I. 98 No harm is intended to the reverent sage of the mountain.

1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie I. xiii. 127 I have no other business at this time, reverent sir.

1854 M. Oliphant Magdalen Hepburn II. 221 ‘Your reverent worship has acquaintance with my kinswoman,’ said the pseudo youth.

1986 S. Churcher N.Y. Confidential iv. 96 The monastery's archimandrite, the Right Reverent Paul Ischi was a former Episcopal minister.

2000 J. F. Callahan in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves Introd. p. xii In a riff on Negro preachers, prophetic of Reverent Hickman..Ellison writes Murray.

3. = reverend adj. 3. rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > of things, places, or qualities

reverent?c1400

reverendc1443

venerand1549

sacred1560

venerable1601

reverentiala1631

numinous1647

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. ix. l. 2307 What demest þou þan..is þat a dirke þing and nat noble þat is suffisaunt reuerent and myȝty.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 9 (MED) Þe pore schul be made domysmen Apon þe ryche at domysday; Let se houe þai cun onswere þen For al here ryal, reuerent aray.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresies i. xxv. f. xxxvii^v/1 Thys reuerent artycle of our ladys perpetuall vyrgynyte.

1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles v. 244 Eyther the sinceritie of the Apostles doctrine, or the reuerente maiestie of the congregation.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 216 This once famous Tyrus is now no other then an heape of ruines, yet haue they a reuerent respect.

1643 H. Parker Oath of Pacification 5 In testimony also that I doe without all guile, equivocation, or mentall reservation, sweare and vow these things in this reverent place.

1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 443 Preach as did John Wesley at Winchelsea beneath some reverent tree.

1904 F. N. Peloubet Front Line Sunday School Movement xi. 262 It is impossible to get a reverent appearance with a corner pulpit.

†4. = reverend adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [adjective]

goodeOE

liefc897

sweeta1225

beauc1300

gentlec1330

comelya1375

faira1375

reverentc1410

reverend1422

virtuous?1473

singular1485

lucky1568

respectable1749

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective]

reverentc1410

reverendc1440

reverentiala1631

veneral1631

venerable1641

reverable1675

canonizable1913

c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 1194 A wyf he had of excellent beaute And companable and reuerent [c1405 Hengwrt reuelous] was sche.

?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) iii. met. iv. l. 24 Nero..yaf whylom to the reuerentz [?c1400 BL Add. 10340 dredeful] senatours the vnworschipful setes of dignitees.

1437 J. Maryot in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 8 Wurshefull mayster and reuerent souerayn, I comaund me to yow.

1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates f. 36 Reuerent personages were in danger of dishonour, and innocentes in hazarde of death.

1662 A. Cokayne Trag. Ovid iii. ii. 60 in Poems The more the merrier, my reverent Mother.

1721 G. F. Secretary's Guide 62 To a Judge. To the Reverent Judge, B. or, To the Reverent E.B. one of her Majesty's Justices.

5. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Of whiskey or other drink: undiluted, ‘neat’; (figurative) pure, unadulterated; genuine. Cf. reverend adj. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong

strongeOE

stalec1300

mainc1400

nappyc1460

starkc1485

nase?1536

huff-cap1599

nippitatum1600

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inebriating1610

distempering1613–18

inebriative1615

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hogen mogen1653

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humming1675

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inebriousa1704

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bead-proof1753

steeve1801

high-proof1810

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reverent1837

a little more north1864

ebriating1872

rorty1950

1837 A. Sherwood Gazetteer Georgia (ed. 3) 71 Reverent, for strong; reverent whisky, i.e. not diluted.

1888 Overland Monthly Nov. 508/1 The las' one on 'em is stark rever'nt fools, they is.

1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 351 He took a drink of reverent whiskey.

1903 Dial. Notes 2 327 [Missouri] My opinion is that he is a right reverent scoundrel.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §34/8 Undiluted; unadulterated,..plain, primitive, reverent, short.

2001 J. D. Wright Lang. Civil War 251/1 We had men who survived the whole war without tasting a drop of reverent whiskey.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reverent
释义	reverentadj. Brit. /ˈrɛv(ə)rənt/, /ˈrɛv(ə)rn̩t/, U.S. /ˈrɛv(ə)rənt/ Forms: Middle English reuerentt, Middle English reuerunt, Middle English reuerentz (modifying a plural noun), Middle English–1500s reuerente, Middle English–1600s reuerent, Middle English– reverent, 1600s–1700s rev'rent, 1800s rever'nt (U.S. regional); Scottish pre-1700 reuerent, pre-1700 reuerentz (modifying a plural noun), pre-1700 reverant, pre-1700 1700s– reverent. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Probably also partly a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin reverent-, reverēns; French reverent, reverend. Etymology: In sense 1 < classical Latin reverent-, reverēns respectful, deferential, use as adjective of present participle of reverērī revere v.; compare Middle French reverent respectful (15th cent., rare). In senses 2 and 4 probably either after or < Anglo-Norman and Middle French reverent (14th cent.), variant of reverend reverend adj.; compare also post-classical Latin reverentissimus most venerable (c400; from 6th cent. (frequently from 12th cent.) in British sources) as a respectful form of address; already in classical Latin as superlative form corresponding to reverēns ). Compare Spanish reverente (late 14th cent.), Portuguese reverente (1485), Italian riverente , reverente (a1444). Compare reverend adj.; the extent of the semantic overlap between the two words suggests that they were not clearly distinguished in early use. 1. a. Characterized by or expressive of reverence; feeling or showing reverence; deeply respectful. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adjective] worshipful1357 reverenta1382 reverend1449 reverencing1573 reverentiala1575 venerate1592 venerable1613 revering1639 venerating1663 venerant1846 venerational1854 venerative1860 a1382 [implied in: Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. viii. 12 Ther was good to men..that reuerentli dreden [a1425 L.V. reuerensen; L. verentur] the face of hym. (at reverently adv. 1)]. c1390 W. Hilton Expos. Qui habitat & Bonum Est (1954) 18 (MED) Haue euer drede of god with reuerent mekenes. a1425 (?a1400) Bk. Priue Counseling in P. Hodgson Cloud of Unknowing (1944) 154 (MED) Þis same werk..is þat reuerent affeccion & þe frute departid fro þe tre þat I speke of in þi lityl pistle of preier. 1486 Coote Armuris sig. aiv^v, in Bk. St. Albans To be gracious to his presoner, to be reuerent and faythfull to his god. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Bii ^v He was herde of almyghtye god in his prayer and askynge.., for his reuerente behauoure. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 80^v Diogenes had muche reuerente attendaunce dooen to hym by the saied children. 1595 W. Jones tr. G. B. Nenna Nennio f. 87 Let him (a gentleman of noble blood) yet be respective, reuerent. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena i. 38 Putting then his hat off in a reverent manner, he proceeded. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 349 Lowly reverent Towards either Throne they bow. View more context for this quotation 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xxxvii 'Tis not likely you should have this Sense, These reverent Notions of their Providence. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. lxv. 316 To see multitudes of well-appearing people, all joining in one reverent act. 1774 R. Lloyd Poet. Wks. II. 127 Can you bow down with reverent awe Before this puppet king of straw? a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 313 Hermes and Apollo reverent stood Before Jove's throne. 1869 A. Maclaren Serm. preached in Manch. 2nd Ser. x. 189 We shall exclaim with..more reverent wonder, ‘What is man..that Thou visitest him?’ 1930 Punch 30 Apr. 478/2 They make reverent overtures to our Siamese Pugsie. 1971 I. Murdoch Accidental Man 161 Mrs Monkley handed it quickly to her husband, who put it away with a reverent air as if it were a holy relic. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 19 Feb. 15/2 The New York Daily News , historically reverent toward the founder, is beating him regularly upside the head. b. With of. ΚΠ 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. i. sig. Gggg4 They are..so reverent of their King, that when they are in his presence, they never look him in the face, but sit flat on their buttock, with their elbows on their knees, and their hands on their faces. 1749 J. Garnett Diss. Bk. Job 107 He endeavours to humble them into a becoming sense of themselves, and into one more reverent of God. 1755 M. Masters Familiar Lett. & Poems 286 Pure are my Thoughts, from all Profaneness free, Awfully reverent of the Deity. 1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. II. 4 Reverent of the human soul. 1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 26 I entered, reverent of whatever shrine Guards piety and solace for my kind. 1890 H. Caine Bondman ii. xiii This rude chamber so reverent of law. 1926 Jrnl. Philos. 23 655 He is too reverent of whatever facts he has chanced to find. 1991 G. Watson Brit. Lit. since 1945 (BNC) 47 The hunger for a literary tradition..more reverent of ancient story and less of modern despair, survived to the end. 2. = reverend adj. 1. Now rare.Common before the mid 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [adjective] rulerc1390 reverent1398 ruly?c1450 ecclesiasticala1538 ministerial1561 clerical1592 ecclesiastic1603 cleric1623 reverend1625 clergical1632 clergya1635 hieratical1656 churchmanlike1786 shovel-hatted1832 churchmanly1833 hieratic1866 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] faireOE wortheOE worthlyeOE worthfulOE menskful?c1225 toldc1275 digne1297 of price?a1300 worshiply1340 worthya1350 menska1375 thriftyc1374 worshipfula1375 worthilya1375 honesta1382 honourablec1384 unshamedc1384 sada1387 of reputationc1390 well-nameda1393 reverent1398 worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400 celebrable?c1400 honouredc1400 worshipablec1425 substantialc1449 undefameda1450 unreviled?1457 honorousa1500 reputed?1532 well-thought-ona1533 well-spoken1539 credible1543 undespised?1548 imitable1550 famous1555 undistained1565 undefame1578 untarred1579 well-reputed1583 unsoiledc1592 dishonourless1595 well-deemed1595 nameworthy1598 regardful1600 indisgraced1606 credenta1616 undishonoureda1616 unscandalized1618 unscandalous1618 unslandered1622 untainted1627 dignousa1636 undisparaged1636 considerable1641 unbranded1641 glorifiable1651 reputable1671 unsullied1743 unstigmatized1778 undisgraced1812 unstained1863 well-thought-of1865 uncompromised1882 scandal-proof1904 cred1987 1398–9 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 488 Til the reverent fadir in Crist David Abbot of Melros. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 229 What good doiþ þis gabbing, þat þe pope wole be clepid ‘moost hooly fadir’ here, and bishop ‘moost reverent’ man? ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 151 In all the remenant of the world ne myghte a man fynde a more reuerent man ne highere in worschipe. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes (title page) Compyled by the ryght reuerente fader in god Iohan fyssher. 1533 T. More Apologye 81 b The sacred prynces and prestes. Agaynste any of whyche two reuerent orders [etc.]. 1577 R. Davies Funerall Serm. sig. ❧ij The lamentable speache of the graue and reuerent Father, the Byshop of S. Dauies (expressed wyth abundaunce of dolour and teares). 1603 T. Bell Anat. Popish Tyrannie iv. vi. 177 Our reuerent father Iesuite Iones. 1652 Bp. J. Hall Let. conc. Christmasse 7 By that Reverent Father in God Dr. Joseph Hall, the late Lord Bishop of Norwich. 1796 J. Moser Hermit of Caucasus I. 98 No harm is intended to the reverent sage of the mountain. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie I. xiii. 127 I have no other business at this time, reverent sir. 1854 M. Oliphant Magdalen Hepburn II. 221 ‘Your reverent worship has acquaintance with my kinswoman,’ said the pseudo youth. 1986 S. Churcher N.Y. Confidential iv. 96 The monastery's archimandrite, the Right Reverent Paul Ischi was a former Episcopal minister. 2000 J. F. Callahan in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves Introd. p. xii In a riff on Negro preachers, prophetic of Reverent Hickman..Ellison writes Murray. 3. = reverend adj. 3. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > of things, places, or qualities reverent?c1400 reverendc1443 venerand1549 sacred1560 venerable1601 reverentiala1631 numinous1647 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. ix. l. 2307 What demest þou þan..is þat a dirke þing and nat noble þat is suffisaunt reuerent and myȝty. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 9 (MED) Þe pore schul be made domysmen Apon þe ryche at domysday; Let se houe þai cun onswere þen For al here ryal, reuerent aray. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresies i. xxv. f. xxxvii^v/1 Thys reuerent artycle of our ladys perpetuall vyrgynyte. 1572 J. Bridges tr. R. Gwalther Hundred, Threescore & Fiftene Homelyes vppon Actes Apostles v. 244 Eyther the sinceritie of the Apostles doctrine, or the reuerente maiestie of the congregation. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 216 This once famous Tyrus is now no other then an heape of ruines, yet haue they a reuerent respect. 1643 H. Parker Oath of Pacification 5 In testimony also that I doe without all guile, equivocation, or mentall reservation, sweare and vow these things in this reverent place. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 443 Preach as did John Wesley at Winchelsea beneath some reverent tree. 1904 F. N. Peloubet Front Line Sunday School Movement xi. 262 It is impossible to get a reverent appearance with a corner pulpit. †4. = reverend adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous forms of address or title > [adjective] goodeOE liefc897 sweeta1225 beauc1300 gentlec1330 comelya1375 faira1375 reverentc1410 reverend1422 virtuous?1473 singular1485 lucky1568 respectable1749 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] reverentc1410 reverendc1440 reverentiala1631 veneral1631 venerable1641 reverable1675 canonizable1913 c1410 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 1194 A wyf he had of excellent beaute And companable and reuerent [c1405 Hengwrt reuelous] was sche. ?c1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr. Ii.3.21) (1886) iii. met. iv. l. 24 Nero..yaf whylom to the reuerentz [?c1400 BL Add. 10340 dredeful] senatours the vnworschipful setes of dignitees. 1437 J. Maryot in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 8 Wurshefull mayster and reuerent souerayn, I comaund me to yow. 1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates f. 36 Reuerent personages were in danger of dishonour, and innocentes in hazarde of death. 1662 A. Cokayne Trag. Ovid iii. ii. 60 in Poems The more the merrier, my reverent Mother. 1721 G. F. Secretary's Guide 62 To a Judge. To the Reverent Judge, B. or, To the Reverent E.B. one of her Majesty's Justices. 5. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). Of whiskey or other drink: undiluted, ‘neat’; (figurative) pure, unadulterated; genuine. Cf. reverend adj. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > strong strongeOE stalec1300 mainc1400 nappyc1460 starkc1485 nase?1536 huff-cap1599 nippitatum1600 intoxicating1604 inebriating1610 distempering1613–18 inebriative1615 toxing1635 hogen mogen1653 napping1654 humming1675 hard1700 inebriousa1704 ebrietating1711 bead-proof1753 steeve1801 high-proof1810 pithy1812 stiff1813 inebriant1828 reverent1837 a little more north1864 ebriating1872 rorty1950 1837 A. Sherwood Gazetteer Georgia (ed. 3) 71 Reverent, for strong; reverent whisky, i.e. not diluted. 1888 Overland Monthly Nov. 508/1 The las' one on 'em is stark rever'nt fools, they is. 1899 B. W. Green Word-bk. Virginia Folk-speech 351 He took a drink of reverent whiskey. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 327 [Missouri] My opinion is that he is a right reverent scoundrel. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §34/8 Undiluted; unadulterated,..plain, primitive, reverent, short. 2001 J. D. Wright Lang. Civil War 251/1 We had men who survived the whole war without tasting a drop of reverent whiskey. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † reverentv. Forms: 1500s reuerent, 1500s reverent. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: reverent adj. Etymology: < reverent adj., perhaps arising from confusion (either graphic or in the spoken language) with reverence n. Obsolete. transitive. To show reverence to. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)] heryc735 wortheOE hallowa1000 blessOE worshipa1200 servec1225 anourec1275 adorec1300 glorify1340 laud1377 magnifya1382 praisea1382 sacre1390 feara1400 reverencec1400 anorna1425 adorn1480 embrace1490 elevatea1513 reverent1565 god1595 venerate1623 thanksgivea1638 congratule1657 doxologizea1816 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > revere [verb (transitive)] honourc1275 shamec1384 to hold (also have) (a person or thing) in (great, etc.) reverencec1405 worshipc1450 to have, or hold in veneration?a1475 to worship the ground (a person) walks (also treads) onc1525 reverence1548 revere1558 reverent1565 shrine1592 saint1597 venerate1623 1565 King Daryus sig. D.iii.^v We reuerent thee with fauour great For this thy foode and precyous meat. 1567 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 543 That thai..obey, serve, and reverent his Hienes. 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie 248 She wel vnderstood how much..he reuerented her, and with how great loyaltie he stil endeuoured to pursue her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1382v.1565
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reverentadj.

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