Meaning of OVERAWE
| Pronunciation: | | `owvur'o
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| | Definition: | | [v] subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe |
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| | Synonyms: | | cow |
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| | See Also: | | awe, buffalo | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \O`ver*awe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overawed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Overawing}.]
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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| | Related Terms: | | abash, awe, beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, daunt, despotize, deter, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, dominate, domineer, domineer over, enslave, faze, frighten, grind, grind down, hector, henpeck, intimidate, keep down, keep under, lord it over, oppress, overbear, overmaster, override, overwhelm, press heavy on, repress, ride over, ride roughshod over, scare, shake, stop, subjugate, suppress, terrify, terrorize, trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, upset, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on |
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