“ROOTS”
First Known Use: 12th century
1. The part of the plant that functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support
2. Something that is an origin or source; one or more progenitors of a group of descendants; an underlying support; the essential core; close relationship with an environment
3. A number that reduces an equation to an identity when it is substituted for one variable
“REVERENCE”
First Known Use: 14th century
1. A feeling of profound awe and often love; veneration
2. A gesture indicative of deep respect
3. Commanding profound respect
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