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Reverencing

Reverence \Rev"er*ence\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reverenced; p. pr. & vb. n. Reverencing.] To regard or treat with reverence; to regard with respect and affection mingled with fear; to venerate.

Let . . . the wife see that she reverence her husband.
--Eph. v. 33.

Those that I reverence those I fear, the wise.
--Shak.

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reverencing

vb. (present participle of reverence English)

Usage examples of "reverencing".

They'd all been subsumed in the simple elegance of reverencing the spirits of Emperors past.

That struck Straha as madness, but it was as much dogma to the Americans as reverencing the spirits of Emperors past was to the Race.

There were about twenty guards in the squadron that protected the King, but it was not so much from the terror of them that the Canitaurs fled, nor was it because of the guards that patrolled the walls and were sure to join any fray attempted, it was instead an apparent fear of the King, and rightly so, for his demeanor was fierce and sophisticated, as if he were not just a warrior nor solely a scholar, but a mixture of the two that gave him an aura that inspired fear, some unseen presence that filled the air around him and sent his neighbors into a reverencing awe reminiscent of a lover’s sacred euphoria, intangible yet undeniable.