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  1. 1. n. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. inspire awe in Source: wordnet
  7. 7. To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; tocontrol by inspiring dread.That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak.His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.Macaulay. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:15/n:85 n. an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration v. inspire awe in Source: ecdict

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