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† suˈrreverence Obs.
Also 7 sur-reverence, surreverance.
[Variant of sir-reverence.]
1. = sir-reverence 1, 1 b.
1586Warner Alb. Eng. ii. x. 27 All for loue (surreuerence Loue). 1600Nashe Summers Last Will E iij b, Surreuerence of their worships, they feed at my stable, table, euery day. 1625tr. Gonsalvius' Sp. Inquis. To Rdr. B j b, Whose very name should not be spoken of without Surreuerence and great contempt.
b. By association with sur- prefix, used for: Great reverence.
1592Nashe Strange Newes C j b, Wherein mee thinks (the surreuerence of his works not impaired) he hath verie highly ouershotte himselfe. c1622Fletcher Prophetess i. iii, Dio... So great a reverence, and so stai'd a knowledge—Max. Sur-reverence, you would say.
2. = sir-reverence 2, 2 b.
[1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 75, I might as well haue writte of a dogges turde (in his teeth surreuerence).] 1655tr. Sorel's Com. Hist. Francion iii. 73 Flinging Squibs, Crakkers, Dirt, and sometimes stinking Surreverences. 1663Heath Flagellum (1672) 18 Having besmeared his own Cloths and hands with Surreverence. 1710Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) III. 20 Some Persons abus'd the Statue of the late K. William..leaving a Surreverence upon the Back of his Horse. |