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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reverence.

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Examples

  • That there “had not arisen in the world” “the idea of reverencing conscience” before the close of the fifteenth century A.D. is an extraordinary statement for a critic of history to offer.

    Alfred Tennyson 1842

  • Last I heard Matt was reverencing it as series 5 to fans.

    Doctor Who Season Five...potential serious spoiler. time_and_chips 2009

  • I really have got to start working at loving myself . . . reverencing myself . . .

    Jay's Journal Dr. Beatrice Sparks 2010

  • They care not for cold, and they reck care not of heat; they carry no money, nor even bags to beg with; and they salute no man by the way, reverencing not even a mayor more than another.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • They care not for cold, and they reck care not of heat; they carry no money, nor even bags to beg with; and they salute no man by the way, reverencing not even a mayor more than another.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • Euphemus bethought him of a dream of the night, reverencing the glorious son of Maia.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Wherefore now obey my counsel, if indeed with prudent mind and reverencing the blessed gods ye pursue your way; and perish not foolishly by a self-sought death, or rush on following the guidance of youth.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • They care not for cold, and they reck care not of heat; they carry no money, nor even bags to beg with; and they salute no man by the way, reverencing not even a mayor more than another.

    Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008

  • Indeed almost the first lesson I was taught was that of reverencing the family from which I am descended, and the name to which I am born.

    Cecilia 2008

  • In Last Colony two Obin stay with Zoe at all times, reverencing her for what her father did for them.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Karen Burnham 2008

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