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)
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a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side
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love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
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.
Jews revere the wall as the last remnant of the ancient Jewish temple.
Albania is the last country in Eastern Europe to revere Josef Stalin, whose giant statue stands in Tirana.
Associate memberships are extended to cousins, historians and others who revere the pioneer.
Against the constant threat of terrorism, Israelis tend to revere the Shin Bet as their guardian angel.
Their reprise in these humdrum materials sets off a dialectic between the forms of the past which we so revere and the utilitarian functions of ordinary buildings, so often reviled.
Japanese rightsts revere the imperial family and are believed to be dissatisfied with Nakasone's and other governing Liberal Democratic Party leaders' links to an influence-buying scandal.
The mayor's comments, made as Hirohito lay dying of cancer, outraged the rightists, who revere the imperial family.
Moslems revere Mohammed as the prophet who brought Allah's revelations to mankind in the Koran, the holy book of Islam.
Some support its revival as a moralizing force, especially regarding protection of nature, which Buddhists revere.
Jews revere the Wailing Wall as the last remnant of the ancient temple destroyed by the Romans in the year 70. Moslems believe the Prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven from the Mount, site of the Dome of the Rock and Al Aqsa mosques.
During the recent Shiite holiday of Ashura, the state banned any mention in Najaf or Kerbala mosques of the 7th-century martyr Hussein, whom Shiites revere as a symbol of struggle against authority.