🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

reverenciar

Pronunciation / Transliteration: heh-veh-ren-syahr

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Revere/rɪˈvɪər/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O povo reverencia o herói nacional."

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To feel deep respect or admiration for something or someone.

    "The elderly scholar is universally revered for his groundbreaking contributions to science."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'revereri', meaning to stand in awe of, respect, or dread, composed of the intensive prefix 're-' and 'vereri' (to fear or respect). It entered the English language in the 17th century via Middle French 'révérer', shifting from a sense of respectful fear to profound deep respect and adoration.

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