awe

n. [ OE. a&yogh_;e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ōga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. √3. Cf. Ugly. ] 1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [ Obs. or Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is an awe in mortals' joy,
A deep mysterious fear. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Wearied. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + weary. ] Weary. [ Poetic ] “I begin to be aweary of thee.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + weather. ] (Naut.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather! Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + weigh. ] (Naut.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Awless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressive of awe or terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

An awesome glance up at the auld castle. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being awesome. [ 1913 Webster ]