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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Awe \Awe\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Awing \A*wing"\, adverb [Pref. a- + wing.] On the wing; flying; fluttering. --Wallace.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
awing
adjective: 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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