·adj Expressing reverence, veneration, devotion, or submission; as, reverent words; reverent behavior.
II. Reverent ·adj Disposed to revere; impressed with reverence; submissive; humble; respectful; as, reverent disciples.
Strong; as, reverent whisky, i. e. not diluted.--Sherwood's Georgia. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.