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awe

  [aw] noun, verb, awed, aw⋅ing.
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–noun
1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures.
2. Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence.
3. Obsolete. fear or dread.
–verb (used with object)
4. to inspire with awe.
5. to influence or restrain by awe.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME aghe, awe < Scand; cf. ON agi fear, c. Goth agis, OE ege, Gk áchos pain

Synonyms:
1. wonder, veneration.

Antonyms:
1. apathy; contempt.
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awe   (ô)   
n.  

  1. A mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder inspired by authority, genius, great beauty, sublimity, or might: We felt awe when contemplating the works of Bach. The observers were in awe of the destructive power of the new weapon.

  2. Archaic

    1. The power to inspire dread.

    2. Dread.

tr.v.   awed, aw·ing, awes
To inspire with awe.

[Middle English, from Old Norse agi.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

awe 
c.1200, from O.N. agi "fright," from P.Gmc. *agiz- (cf. O.E. ege "fear," O.H.G. agiso "fright, terror," Goth. agis "fear, anguish"), from PIE *agh-es- (cf. Gk. akhos "pain, grief"), from base *agh- "to be depressed, be afraid" (see ail). Current sense of "dread mixed with veneration" is due to biblical use with ref. to the Supreme Being. The verb is first attested 1303. Awestruck is from 1634. Awesome first recorded 1598; colloquial sense of "excellent" is from 1980.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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