Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Awing"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awing \A*wing"\, adv. [Pref. a- + wing.]
On the wing; flying; fluttering. --Wallace.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
awing
adj : inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an
amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring
sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this
sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some
hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's
awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: {amazing},
{awe-inspiring}, {awesome}, {awful}]
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