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Overawe
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 Overawes from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- acknowledges that she is exactly the type of secretary he needs, as she is not overawed by him and he's unlikely to have an affair with her, which is likely the...
- 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...
- po****ce. For he [William] realised that it was of the first importance to overawe the Londoners". At the time, London was the largest town in England; the...
- 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...
- throughout the Bengal Army and, rather than remain at Ambala to defuse or overawe potential trouble, he then proceeded to Simla, the cool hill station where...
- October 2023. "Another special night in Thomond Park as Maori All Blacks overawed by Munster". The 42. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023. Walker...
- 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...