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Definition of Overawed

Overawed
Overawe O`ver*awe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Overawing.] To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear. The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. --Spenser.

Meaning of Overawed from wikipedia

- her status was uncertain; these unique distinctions were intended to overawe her subjects. Matilda also remained Henrici regis filia, 'daughter of King...
- memorisation of a seven-page courtroom speech, delivering it in one go. An overawed Spielberg could not bring himself to call Hopkins "Tony" and insisted on...
- It was as if he had come from the moon. Nothing disturbed him, nothing overawed him, nothing threw him off his game." Spotted by former Brazilian player...
- October 18, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017. Hill, Sarah H. (2011). "'To Overawe the Indians and Give Confidence to the Whites': Preparations for the Removal...
- space of the staircase – famously lit naturally with a skylight – so as to overawe visitors. The staircase and walls of the room that contained it were clad...
- firewood, and burn their bodies while still alive. Those who look on are overawed and consider it the attainment of enlightenment. This is erroneous. While...
- merely a large-scale riot. The British government believed that they could overawe the Americans by sending a large military and naval force: Convinced that...
- Darcy's background that impresses Elizabeth, although she refuses to be overawed by it. Todd, Janet (2006). The Cambridge introduction to Jane Austen. Cambridge...
- reverence for holy things, at the approach of which they are not in the least overawed". One scientific explanation for the incubus concept could fall under the...
- contrived to keep afloat for these hundred and fifty years past, and to overawe their neighbours merely by her bulk and appearance. But whenever an insufficient...