v. t.
To regard with reverence, or profound respect and affection, mingled with awe or fear; to venerate; to reverence; to honor in estimation. →
In a steamship, a cock or valve close to the vessel's side, for closing a pipe which communicates with the sea. →
v. t.
To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. →
v. i.
To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve. →