From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Overawe \O'ver*awe"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Overawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overawing}.] To awe exceedingly; to intimidate or 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) [syn: {cow}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "overawe": 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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