Meaning

noun 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)

noun a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side

verb love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

originBorrowed from French révérer, ultimately from Latin revereor, from re- + vereor (“to fear”).

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