Dictionary entry

Awe (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Awe (�), v. t. [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.