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disreverence

disreverence verb: to treat irreverently or with disrespect.

Verb

disreverence (third-person singular simple present disreverences, present participle disreverencing, simple past and past participle disreverenced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To treat irreverently or with disrespect.
    • disreverence the Name God1650, William Sclater, A Brief and Plain Commentary, with Notes […]

Forms of disreverence

third-person singular presentdisreverences
present participledisreverencing
past participledisreverenced
pastdisreverenced

Origin of disreverence

From dis- + reverence.

Questions about disreverence

What does disreverence mean?
Disreverence means to treat irreverently or with disrespect.
What part of speech is disreverence?
Disreverence is a verb.
What is the past tense of disreverence?
The past tense of disreverence is disreverenced.

Words near disreverence in the dictionary

  1. disrespecting
  2. disrespective
  3. disrespector
  4. disrespectors
  5. disrespects
  6. disreverence
  7. disreverenced
  8. disreverences
  9. disreverencing
  10. disrobe
  11. disrobed

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