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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Revere  \Re*vere"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Revered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Revering}.]  [L.  revereri;  pref.  re-  re-  +  vereri  to  fear, 
  perh.  akin  to  E.  wary:  cf  F.  r['e]v['e]rer.] 
  To  regard  with  reverence,  or  profound  respect  and  affection, 
  mingled  with  awe  or  fear;  to  venerate;  to  reverence;  to  honor 
  in  estimation. 
 
  Marcus  Aurelius,  whom  he  rather  revered  as  his  father 
  than  treated  as  his  partner  in  the  empire.  --Addison. 
 
  Syn:  To  venerate;  adore;  reverence. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  revered 
  adj  1:  profoundly  honored;  "revered  holy  men"  [syn:  {august},  {venerable}] 
  2:  worthy  of  adoration  or  reverence  [syn:  {reverenced},  {reverend}, 
  {sublime},  {venerated}]




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