revere
rih-VEERverbMeaning to feel deep respect and admiration for
Memory hook re-VEER: every eye VEERS toward her. When Coach Tia walks onto the field, every player’s eyes veer toward her with awe: she once played for the national team. They revere her.
The young players revere their coach, who once played for the national team.
In context Though the old doctor had retired long ago, the townspeople still revered her, for she had cared for three generations of their families and never turned anyone away.
Similar admire, respect, esteem
Opposite scorn, despise, disdain
From Latin revereri: re (thoroughly) + vereri (to stand in awe of). This ver is not the ver (true) of verify.