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 ] | 
