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Show REY RE When quarrels and faftions are carcled epenly it is a fign the rewverence of government is loft Bacon's E [Jays Higher of the genial bed And with myfterious reverence I deem in your prayers, ufe reverent pofture lowe&t geftures of humility, rememberin fpeak to Ged, in our rewerence to whom w exceed poe canno hav to grea Milton and t that w canno Taylor rewerenc fo readers Dryden The fear, acceptable to God, is a filial fear;- a awful rewerence of the divine nature, proceedin from a juft efteem of his perfe€tions, which produces in us an inclination to his fervice, and a unwillingnefs to offend him Rsgers 2. A& of obeifance bow courtefy Now lies he there And none {o poor to do him rewerence S/.'/fl'kl]‘P Had not men the hoary heads rever'd Or boys paid rév'rence when a man appear'd Both muft have dy'd Dryden's Fruvenal Up ftarts the beldam And reverence made, aceofted thus the queen Di:}'d"fl monarc court the beauteous Emily ; the fenate rofe and pai to the royal maid Dryden Title of the clergy Many now in healt Shall drop their blood, in approbatio Of what your rewerence fhall incite us to Shake/p 4. Poetical title of a father O my dear father ! let this kif Repair thofe violent harms, that my two fifter Shakefpeare Have in thy rewerence made 7o RE'VERENCE T @. a. [from the noun. regard wit reverence t regar with awful refpect Thofe that I rew'rence, thofe I fear, the wife At fools I laugh, not fear them Shakefpeare While they pervert pure nature's healthful rule To loathfome ficknefs, worthily fince the God' imag did not rewerenc in themfelves Milton He flew Aetion, but defpoil'd him not Arm'd as be was And rewerenc'd thus the manes of his foe. Dryden As his goodnefs will forbid us to dread him a flaves, fo his majefty will command us to rewerenc him as fons Rogers He prefents every one fo often before God in hi prayers tha he neve think he ca efteem werence, or ferve thofe enough, for who plores fo many mercies from God re he imLaw REeVERENCER. . /. [from reverence. One who regards with reverence The Athenians quite funk in their affairs, ha little commerce with the reft of Grezce, and wer become great rewerencers of crowned heads. Swifz REeVEREND. adj [reverend French werendys, Latin. 1. Venerable; deferving reverence forcing refpe@ by his appearance Let his lack of years be no impediment hi lac a reverend eftimation re ento le Shake[peare Rewerend and gracious fenators Shake[peare Onias, who had been high prieft, rewerend i copverfation, and gentle in condition, prayed for th Jews 2 Mac. xv. 12 A parith prieft was of the pilgrim train An awful, revcrend and religious man His eyes diffus'd a venerable grace And charity itfelf was in his face A reverend fire among them came Who preach'd converfion and repentance Rev'rend old man Diyden Milton lo here confeft he ftands Pcr‘:'t Latin. and albeit ,thcy m:ge ;?e::'f:g?fi o mitigate thus p.ead Humble ; exprefiing fubmiflion ; tefti no { To better life fhail yidr'i himfo reverfe fying vencration They forthwith to the plac Repairing where he judg'd them, proftrate fel ing fentence, and fealed the finner's pardon ben;or God, ) yet it may have left no tranfcr Before hi Meet then the fenior far renown'd for fenfe With rew'rent awe, but decent confidence REVERE'NTIAL. French ad) fro éts, carry them in their min s to bejud'?et Pope of, by what they fhall find ip h ftory to confirm reverfe thefe imperfet obfervations Lm(: [ reverentielle reverent. proceedin Expreflin fro aw an That oaths made in reverential fea Of love and his wrath may any forfwear Donne The leaft degree of contempt weakens religion it properly confifting in a rewerential efteem o things facred South "The reafon of the inftitution being forgot, th after-ages perverted it, fuppofing only a rewerentia gratitude puid to the earth as the common parent Woodeard's Natural Hiffory All look up, with rewerential awe At crimes that 'fcape, or triumph o'er the law Pope adv [from reveWith fhow of reverence REVERE'NTIALLY rential. The Jews, rewverentially declining the fituatio of their temple, place their beds from North t South Brown adv [from reverent. Refpe@tfully ; with awe; with reve RE'VERENTLY rence Chid hi for faults an do it reverently Shakefpeare His difciples here By their great mafter fent to preach him every where Moft rewverently receiv'd Drayton To neareft ports their thatter'd thips repair Where by our dreadful cannon they lay aw'd So rewerently men quit th> open air When thunder fpeaks the angry gods abroad. Dryd Then down with all thy boafted volumes, down Only referve the facred one Low, rewverently low be blind to all below REVE'RER. 2. /. [from revere. Prior One wh venerates; one who reveres When the divine revelations were committe to writing, the Jews were fuch fcrupulous reverer of them, that it was the bufinefs of the Mafprites to number not only the feGions and lines, but eve the words and letters of the Old Teftament Reve'rsav of fentence Gowvernment of the Tongue n. /. [from rever/e.] Chang The king, in the rewerfal of the attainders o his partakers, had his will Bacon's Herry V1I 7o REVE'RSE 1. T w. a [rever/us, Latin. turn upfide down A pyramid rewerfed may fand upon his point if balanced by admirable fkill. Temple's Mifcellanies 2. To overturn ; to {ubvert Thefe now controul a wretched people's fate Thefe can divide, and thefe reverfe the ftate. Pope 3. To turn back Michael's fword ftay'd not But with fwift wheelreverfe, deep entring fhar' Satan's right fide Milten 4. 'To contradi@; to repeal Better it was in the eye of his underftanding that fometime an erroncous fentence definitiv fhould prevail, till the fame authority, perccivin fuch overfight, might afterwards correét or re werf it tha tha ftrife fhoul hav refpite t grow, and not come fpeedily wnto fome end Looker's Preface Though grace may have reverfed the COn‘de' tom Crip don in the finner's breaft b Thofe feem to d beft, who taking ufefuf;li‘rb from f Miltow's Paradife Loft rewerent To look te heav' he fent him whole below W Make thy ftubborn knowledge bow " Nor in his bate the funeral rites forgot could they not procure this fentence to ber:::ry Hagnyiyg s Death, his daom which an archbifhop [reverens adj RE'VERENT reverence Where Godfrey fat among his lords and peers She rew'rence did, then blufh'd as ore difmay'd Fairfax 3 bithop, right rewverend moft reverend Iitsrtlcs‘ a rewerend ; a clergyman ftil A decree was made, that the 5. To turn to the contrary Thefe plain charalers we rarely fin Thoug}_x ftrong the bent, ye quick the turns o veneration He led her eas'ly forth Th Commands into th So call'd, fhe cam Becoming rew'renc W epithet of ‘the clergy honorar 2. Th in Or puzzling contraries eonfound the whol Or affectations quite reverfe the fou g Popy 6..T'0 put each in the placeof the oth r Wi 7 what tyranny cuftom governs men! i makes that reputable in one age, which wa a vic in another, and: rewerfes even the diftinétions o good and evil Rogers 'To recall ; to renew Obfolete Well knowing true all he did rehearfe And to his freth remembrance did reverf The ugly view of his deformed crimes Spenfer 7o REVE'RSE. . 1. [revertere, reverfus Latin. To return Spenfer Reve'rse. #. /. [from the verb. 1. Change ; viciflitude The ftrange rewerfe of fate you fee I pity'd you, now you may pity me Dryden By a ftrange rewerfe of things, Juftinian's la which for many ages was neglected, does now obtain an the Theodofian code is ina manner an tiquated " Baker 2. A contrary; an oppofite. This is fenfe rather colloquial than analogous Count Tariff appeared the rewerfe of Goodma Addifon Fa& The performances, to which God has annexed th promifes of eternity, are juft the rewerfe of all th Rogers purfuits of fenfe 'The fide of the coi 3. [Rewvers, Fr. on which the head is not imprefled. As the Romans fet down the image and mfcn‘p tion of the conful, afterward of the emperor on ti one fide, fo they changed the reverfe always upa Canidert new events Our guard upon the royal fid On the reverfe our beauty's pride Waller Several reverfes are owned to be the.reprefenmtions of antique figures. 4ddifon on Ancient Medals Reve RstBLE. adj. [reverfible, French from reverfe.] Capable of being féverfed REVE'RSION . J [reverfion, French from reverfe. aft fe le po b t i b 1. The fate o the death of the prefent poflefior b As were our England in reverfion his & fl(llfi And he our fubjeéts next degreein hope A life in rewerfion is not half fo valuable, as Hari which may at prefent be entered on z. Succeffion to ; right of fucceflion to Ai o f m v l to h a ol r v He wa wh dea n be t al .q o o r p n m n i f rev th e cu pr e i r f o had, for recompenc n end Cla Jier of his office mf Upon what ground can a man Pmn};k}}:jlmf futur repentance wh canno prom! E cath h o u n p d li o w t r t f fm 2 tcin c? lt th t e e p t t e i r f r is f t r S ' m ‘ n r v th o i r w r t el it t wi fo a f e t e a i n c So man A place at court is fearce fo hard to g€ fortar |