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3 definitions found 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]: Awing \A*wing"\, adv [Pref. a- + wing.] On the wing; flying; fluttering. --Wallace. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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