adv. [ Pref. a- on + OE. morwe. See Morrow. ] 1. In the morning. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. On the following morning. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. a&yogh_;e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ōga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. √3. Cf. Ugly. ] 1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [ Obs. or Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is an awe in mortals' joy,
A deep mysterious fear. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Awing. ] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. [ 1913 Webster ]

That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pledge; borrow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Costly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. dasewen, daswen; cf. AS. dysegian to be foolish. ] To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. [ Obs. ] Chauscer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Dasewe [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Day. ] Day. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Drink. ] Given to drink; drunken. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. eówu; akin to D. ooi, OHG. awi, ouwi, Icel. ær, Goth. awēþi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, L. ovis, Gr. 'o`i:s, Skr. avi. √231. ] (Zoöl.) The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Fallow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Fain. ] Fain; glad; delighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To follow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE., fr. AS. hālga. See Holy. ] A saint. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ See Harbor. ] A harbor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hind a peasant. ] A domestic servant; a retainer. [ Obs. ] “False homely hewe.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hollow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See 2d Lawing. ] To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Morrow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. See 4th Mow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See 1st & 2d Mow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Narrow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overawed p. pr. & vb. n. Overawing. ] To awe exceedingly; to intimidate or subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Owed (Ought mark>obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Owing ] [ OE. owen, awen, aghen, to have, own, have (to do), hence, owe, AS. āgan to have; akin to G. eigen, a., own, Icel. eiga to have, Dan. eie, Sw. äga, Goth. áigan, Skr. īç. √110. Cf. Ought, v., 2d Own, Fraught. ] 1. To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou dost here usurp
The name thou ow'st not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: To have or be under an obigation to restore, pay, or render (something) in return or compensation for something received; to be indebted in the sum of; as, the subject owes allegiance; the fortunate owe assistance to the unfortunate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The one ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty. Bible (1551). [ 1913 Webster ]

A son owes help and honor to his father. Holyday. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Owe was sometimes followed by an objective clause introduced by the infinitive. “Ye owen to incline and bow your heart.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To have an obligation to (some one) on account of something done or received; to be indebted to; as, to owe the grocer for supplies, or a laborer for services. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pillow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , v. t. & i. To remove. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To rescue. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To rue. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform the duties of a sewer. See 3d Sewer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. Sorrow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A turning lathe. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. True. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. To wallow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Woe. ] Woe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wawe, waghe; cf. Icel. vāgr; akin to E. wag; not the same word as wave. ] A wave. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron.; pl. of I. [ Poss. Our r Ours obj. Us See I. ] [ As. wē; akin to OS. wī, OFries. & LG. wi, D. wij, G. wir, Icel. vēr, Sw. & Dan. vi, Goth. weis, Skr. vayam. √190. ] The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person; the word with which a person in speaking or writing denotes a number or company of which he is one, as the subject of an action expressed by a verb. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ We is frequently used to express men in general, including the speaker. We is also often used by individuals, as authors, editors, etc., in speaking of themselves, in order to avoid the appearance of egotism in the too frequent repetition of the pronoun I. The plural style is also in use among kings and other sovereigns, and is said to have been begun by King John of England. Before that time, monarchs used the singular number in their edicts. The German and the French sovereigns followed the example of King John in a. d. 1200. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A widow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Willow. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To woo. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ prop. n. Also etc. } A modern transliteration of the Hebrew word translated Jehovah in the Bible; -- used by some critics to discriminate the tribal god of the ancient Hebrews from the Christian Jehovah. Yahweh or Yahwe is the spelling now generally adopted by scholars.
Syn. -- Yahwe, Yahveh, Wahvey, Jahve, Jahveh, Jahvey, Jahweh, Jehovah. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +WordNet 1.5 +CM ]

n. [ See Ewe. ] (Zool.) A ewe. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Throw. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]