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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Awe \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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
awe
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a profound fear inspired by a deity [syn: {reverence}, {veneration}]
v : inspire awe in "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
AWE
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From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
AWE
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