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2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: awed adj 1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" [syn: {awful}] 2: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" [syn: {awestruck}, {awestricken}, {in awe of}] [ant: {unawed}]
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