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overawe |
WordNet 2.0 |
- subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe - frighten (as with threats) |
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| Overawe |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
1. To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear. "The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword." -- Spenser. |
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