n.
1.American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
2.a lapel on a woman's garment revere v.
1.love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess
2.regard with feelings of respect and reverence
Idiom of the Day
paddle one's own canoe
to do something by oneself
I was forced to paddle my own canoe when the rest of the staff went away for a seminar.