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reverere‧vere /rɪˈvɪə $ -ˈvɪr/ verb [transitive usually passive] revereOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin revereri, from vereri ‘to fear, respect’ VERB TABLErevere |
Present | I, you, we, they | revere | | he, she, it | reveres | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | revered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have revered | | he, she, it | has revered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had revered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will revere | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have revered |
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Present | I | am revering | | he, she, it | is revering | | you, we, they | are revering | Past | I, he, she, it | was revering | | you, we, they | were revering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been revering | | he, she, it | has been revering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been revering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be revering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been revering |
- Collins was revered by his fellow countrymen.
- Most of us revere the Bible, but few of us read it regularly.
- Ondaatje is revered as one of Canada's best writers.
- His name is revered still in Ayrshire.
- In big-band circles Bailey is revered for his section leading ability, but his solo improvising has been vastly underrated.
- Jones is much revered as the king of country, and his fans deserve the whole picture.
- They soon recognized the humble status of these priests and so adopted the more revered robes of the literati.
- This semester they imitate Faulkner, reject Beckett, revere Rich.
- What happened to our thinking about snakes that we changed from revering them as sacred to fearing them as evil?
- Whether we invoke him, or revere him, or simply live in fear of him, this deity is always dangerous.
► admire to like someone because they have achieved something special, or they have skills or qualities that you would like to have: · I admire your courage.· She admired him for the way he dealt with the situation. ► respect to have a good opinion of someone, even if you do not agree with them, for example because they have achieved a lot or have high standards: · She is respected by all her colleagues at the university.· She’s an actor who is not prepared to compromise, and her audience loves and respects her for that. ► revere formal to greatly admire someone because of their achievements and personal qualities, especially someone famous: · Mandela is revered as one of the great leaders of our time. ► look up to somebody to admire someone who is older or who has more experience than you: · All the young comedians look up to him. ► think highly of somebody to think that someone is good at what they do: · His teachers seem to think very highly of him. ► idolize to admire someone so much that you think they are perfect – used especially about famous people or people in your family: · He idolized his brother.· Jane grew up idolizing Princess Diana. ► hero-worship to admire someone a lot and want to be like them – often used when this seems unreasonable or extreme: · She hero-worshipped John to such an extent that she was blind to his faults. to admire someone very much► idolize also idolise British to admire someone very much, especially a famous person, so that you think everything about them is perfect: · Monroe was idolized by movie fans all over the world.· As a child, Ted idolized his father. ► revere formal to respect someone greatly for their achievements or personal qualities, especially someone in public life: revere by: · Collins was revered by his fellow countrymen.revere somebody as something: · Ondaatje is revered as one of Canada's best writers. ► worship to admire and love someone so much that you cannot see any faults in them: · She absolutely worships Elvis Presley.worship the ground somebody walks on (=to admire absolutely everything about a person): · Garvey worshipped the ground his wife walked on. ► put somebody on a pedestal to admire someone so much that you treat them or talk about them as though they are perfect -- used especially when you think someone is wrong to do this: · You shouldn't put him on a pedestal. He doesn't deserve it.· I used to put Sarah on a pedestal. Now I don't even like to be in the same room with her. ► hero-worship to greatly admire someone and want to be like them: · His fans hero-worshipped him.· The brother Ian had once hero-worshipped was now an unemployed drug addict. formal to respect and admire someone or something very muchbe revered as something He is revered as a national hero.GRAMMAR Revere is usually passive.► see thesaurus at admire |