Overawe definition

ōvər-ô
overawed overawes overawing
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To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow. [from 16th c.]
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To overcome or subdue by inspiring awe.
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To overcome or subdue by inspiring awe.
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Origin of overawe

  • From over- +"Ž awe.

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Overawe Sentence Examples

  • The new king determined to overawe them,.

  • The army had been increased to 20,000 men and encamped at Hounslow Heath to overawe the capital.

  • One of the earliest acts of the Conqueror was to undertake the erection of a citadel which should overawe the citizens and give him the command of the city.

  • Parsimony prevailed, as usual, over prudence, and when the Cossacks showed unmistakable signs of restiveness, the Poles irritated them still further by ordering the construction of the strong fortress of Kudak at the confluence of the Dnieper and the Samara, to overawe the Zaporozhian community.

  • The haughty spirit of Eudoxia was inflamed by the report of a discourse commencing with the words - " Herodias is again furious; Herodias again dances; she once more demands the head of John "; and though the report was false, it sealed the doom of the archbishop. A new council was summoned, more numerous and more subservient to the wishes of Theophilus; and troops of barbarians were quartered in the city to overawe the people.

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