From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreverere‧vere /rɪˈvɪə $ -ˈvɪr/ verb [transitive usually passive] formalADMIRE 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→ See Verb table
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revere• Ondaatje is revered as one of Canada's best writers.• Jones is much revered as the king of country, and his fans deserve the whole picture.• Collins was revered by his fellow countrymen.• In big-band circles Bailey is revered for his section leading ability, but his solo improvising has been vastly underrated.• Whether we invoke him, or revere him, or simply live in fear of him, this deity is always dangerous.• This semester they imitate Faulkner, reject Beckett, revere Rich.• They soon recognized the humble status of these priests and so adopted the more revered robes of the literati.• His name is revered still in Ayrshire.• Most of us revere the Bible, but few of us read it regularly.• What happened to our thinking about snakes that we changed from revering them as sacred to fearing them as evil?be revered as something• Naturally the baobab is revered as the ancestor among trees.• Romulus and Remus were revered as the pair from whom the foundation of Rome derived.Origin revere (1600-1700) Latin revereri, from vereri “to fear, respect” 