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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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n.

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.
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.]

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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.

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awe
noun
1.	an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2.	a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear]
verb
1.	inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

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awe [oː] noun

wonder and fear
Example: The child looked in awe at the king.

Arabic:	رَهْبَه، خَشْيَه، خَوف
Chinese (Simplified):	敬畏
Chinese (Traditional):	敬畏
Czech:	bázlivá úcta
Danish:	ærefrygt
Dutch:	ontzag
Estonian:	aukartus
Finnish:	pelko, kunnioitus
French:	crainte révérentielle
German:	die Ehrfurcht
Greek:	δέος, θαυμασμός
Hungarian:	tisztelet
Icelandic:	óttablandin lotning eða aðdáun
Indonesian:	takjub
Italian:	soggezione; timore riverenziale*

Japanese:	畏敬
Korean:	경외
Latvian:	bijība
Lithuanian:	nuostaba, apstulbimas, pagarbi baimė
Norwegian:	ærefrykt, respekt
Polish:	groza, lęk
Portuguese (Brazil):	espanto
Portuguese (Portugal):	espanto
Romanian:	veneraţie
Russian:	благоговение
Slovak:	bázeň, úcta
Slovenian:	strahospoštovanje
Spanish:	temor, respeto
Swedish:	vördnad, respekt, fruktan
Turkish:	korku ve hayranlık

awe [oː] verb

to fill with awe
Example: He was awed by his new school.

Arabic:	يُلْقي الرُّعب،يُرْهِب
Chinese (Simplified):	使敬畏
Chinese (Traditional):	使敬畏
Czech:	naplnit bázní a úctou
Danish:	nære ærefrygt for
Dutch:	ontzag inboezemen
Estonian:	aukartust sisendama
Finnish:	pelottaa
French:	inspirer une crainte respectueuse (à)
German:	Ehrfurcht einflößen
Greek:	εμπνέω δέος
Hungarian:	megfélemlít
Icelandic:	ógna; fylla óttablandinni lotningu
Indonesian:	kagum
Italian:	ispirare timore, soggezione

Japanese:	畏れさせる
Korean:	두려워 하게 하다, 압도하다
Latvian:	iedvest bijību
Lithuanian:	apstulbinti
Norwegian:	fylle med ærefrykt
Polish:	wzbudzać strach
Portuguese (Brazil):	apavorar
Portuguese (Portugal):	apavorar
Romanian:	a impresiona
Slovak:	naplniť úctou; naháňať strach
Slovenian:	navdajati s strahom
Spanish:	infundir temor, *respeto, atemorizar
Swedish:	inge vördnad (respekt, fruktan)
Turkish:	hürmet ve korkuyla

See also: awe-inspiring, awesome, awestruck

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Awe\ ([add]), n. [OE. a[yogh]e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, [=o]ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. [root]3. Cf. Ugly.]

1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent]

His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. --Cowper.

2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.

There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear. --Keble.

To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. --Macaulay.

The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. --C. J. Smith.

To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly.

Syn: See Reverence.

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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.

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