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Reverent

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rev⋅er⋅ent

  [rev-er-uhnt, rev-ruhnt]
–adjective
feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful: a reverent greeting.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L reverent- (s. of reverēns), prp. of reverērī to revere 1 ; see -ent

Related forms:
rev⋅er⋅ent⋅ly, adverb
rev⋅er⋅ent⋅ness, noun
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rev·er·ent   (rěv'ər-ənt)   
adj.  Marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin reverēns, reverent-, present participle of reverērī, to revere; see revere1.]
rev'er·ent·ly adv.
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