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noun

Awe n.

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."

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

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

Synonyms: See Reverence.

verb

Awe v. t. (past & past part. awed; pres. part. 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." "His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders."

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Etymology of 'Awe'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Awe" Quotes from Famous Books

... rainbow on thy forehead, and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And he doth give Thy voice of thunder power to speak of him Eternally,—bidding the lip of man Keep silence,—and upon thine altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise." ...

— By Water to the Columbian Exposition • Johanna S. Wisthaler

... of some of the men—notably the brutal, black sergeant, Usanga. His own woman was of the party—a veritable giantess, a virago of the first magnitude—and she was evidently the only thing in the world of which Usanga stood in awe. Even though she was particularly cruel to the young woman, the latter believed that she was her sole protection from the ...

— Tarzan the Untamed • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... at the fork of the valley. Here they gazed with astonishment and awe at the stupendous precipice which reared its colossal front before them and which seemed effectually ...

— Rollo in Switzerland • Jacob Abbott

... reflected, starry light and passed it on till it merged in the silvery pathway of the moon, which, as Phil had prophesied, was at its height. She sat quite still, realizing as she had never done before the utter grandeur, the awe-inspiring majesty of ...

— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield

... of sacred awe, Before Jehovah stood, And, with an humble, fervent prayer, For guilty ...

— Hymns for Christian Devotion - Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination • J.G. Adams

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