reverence
/ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹəns/ verb C2- To show or feel reverence to.
He/she/it reverences · Past reverenced · Past participle reverenced · -ing form reverencing
Verb forms
- Base form
- reverence
- He/she/it
- reverences
- Past
- reverenced
- Past participle
- reverenced
- -ing form
- reverencing
From the library
He stood now gazing with great reverence at the famous detective.
The name of father is sacred in two senses; he should be reverenced as the author of our being and as a master whom we ought to obey.
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