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[ARBLASTER.] 1. A cro -bowman. ( Barbour .) [ABELE.] IMG:content-0945.png:[blocks in formation] awe, * âw, * âw'-ere, * âghe, * ahghe, * âge, s . [A.S. oga , ege = fear, terror, dread; egesa, egsa horror, dread, alarm, fear, a storm; Icel. agi ; Dan. ave = awe, chastisement, correction, discipline. (See AWE, v.) Old Eng. agt , agte, hagt thought, anxiety, sorrow, grief, care, fear, has a different etymology.] [AGT.] A. ( Of the forms awe and awere): Doubt, fear or anxiety, the result of uncertainty or perplexity; also a thing doubtful. ( Prompt . Parv .) B. ( Of all the forms except awere): 1. Veneration, fear mingled with love; as for God or His word, or for a parent, a teacher, or other earthly superior. IMG:content-0946.png:[blocks in formation] To stand in awe of : To remain with some permanence under the emotion of fear or veneration. "Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word." Ps. cxix. 161. See also the example under No. 2. Regarding the distinction between awe , reverence, and dread, Crabbe considers that awe and reverence both denote a strong sentiment of respect, mingled with a certain measure of fear, but the former is the stronger of the two; whilst dread is unmingled fear for one's personal security. Sublime, sacred, and solemn objects awaken awe , exalted and noble ones produce reverence , and terrific ones dread. The solemn stillne of the tomb will inspire awe , even in the breast of him who has no dread of death. Children should early be taught to show reverence for the Bible. awe-commanding, a. Commanding awe. "Her lion port, her awe -commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin grace. Gray: The Bard. awe-compelling, a. Compelling awe. (Crabb.) (Worcester.)