Lexic.us

Definition of Revere

1. Verb. Love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol. "Sam cannot revere Sue "; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

2. Noun. American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818).

3. Verb. Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of. "Sam cannot revere Sue "; "We venerate genius"

4. Noun. A lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side.

Definition of Revere

1. v. t. To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation.

Definition of Revere

1. Verb. (transitive) To regard someone or something with great awe or devotion. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To venerate someone or something as an idol. ¹

3. Noun. a revers ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Revere

1. to regard with great respect [v -VERED, -VERING, -VERES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revere

reverberated reverberates reverberating reverberating circuit reverberatingly reverberation reverberations reverberative reverberator reverberatories

reverberators reverberatory reverberatory furnace reverbing reverbs revere (current term) revered reverence reverenced reverencer

reverencers reverences reverencest reverenceth reverencing reverendly reverends reverent reverential reverentially

Literary usage of Revere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1886)
"Of the portraits of revere, Mr. DTV Huntoon, in an address at Canton, ... They are both owned by John revere, and are in his parlors on Commonwealth Avenue. ..."

2. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1911)
"Adams took the paper, read it, and turning to revere, said: " How many mechanics were at the ... More, sir, than the Green Dragon could hold," said revere. ..."

3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1909)
"25, § 100, against the revere Water Company, a corporation, the town of revere, the treasurer of that town, the members of the board of water commissioners ..."

4. Harvard Memorial Biographies by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1867)
"A PRINTED memorial of Dr. revere seems proper only as part of. a design which has a wider and more public purpose than the memory of an individual. ..."

5. Harvard Memorial Biographies by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1866)
"A PRINTED memorial of Dr. revere seems proper only as part of a design which has a wider and more public purpose than the memory of an individual. ..."

6. The Story of the Revolution by Henry Cabot Lodge (1898)
"As he was engaged in this work he heard firing, PAUL revere, BV ST. MEMIN, and the sound told ... revere and Dawes and Pres- cott galloped hard and fast. ..."

7. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1913)
"To L' Col° Paul revere You are hereby notified that the Committee appointed by the General Court to investigate the Causes of the failure of the late ..."

8. Walks and Rides in the Country Round about Boston: Covering Thirty-six by Edwin Munroe Bacon (1898)
"Over Beachmont, Crescent Beach, and along the length of revere Beach to the Point of Pines and Saugus River. Return by way of the beach branch of the Boston ..."

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