awe
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–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 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
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] —Synonyms 1. wonder, veneration.
—Antonyms 1. apathy; contempt.
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Awing
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| awe
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tr.v. awed, aw·ing, awes To inspire with awe. [Middle English, from Old Norse agi.] |
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| awing | |
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| 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] |
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Awing
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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