Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Awing.]
To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
control by inspiring dread.
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That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
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His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
bystanders. --Macaulay.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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awing
adj : inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an
amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring
sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this
sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some
hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's
awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: amazing,
awe-inspiring, awesome, awful]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Awing.]
To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
control by inspiring dread.
That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
bystanders. --Macaulay.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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