1. I looked up reverence in the OED.

[ad. F. révérer or L. revereri, f. re- RE- + vereri to fear.]

1. trans. To hold in, or regard with, deep respect or veneration.

2. With inf. To be reluctant to do something, through a feeling of respect. Obs. rare.

Hence revered ppl. a.

To fear.

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1. Ballot hot buttons include abortion, same-sex marriage

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1. a trope: tropus: a figure of speech, ad. Gr. a turn, f. to turn...

tropic (as in tropical): ad. L. tropicus, a. Gr. pertaining to the ‘turning’ of the sun at the solstice, tropical (hence as n. (sc. circle) the tropic); also, of the nature of a trope, figurative, f. turning.

(from OED)

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1. version, subvert, pervert, convert, converse, avert, transverse, traverse, diverse, inverse, reverse, obverse...

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