Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Awed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awe \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
awed
adj 1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;
"awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed
heads" [syn: {awful}]
2: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect
and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the
shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" [syn: {awestruck},
{awestricken}, {in awe of}] [ant: {unawed}]
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