Awe

aw, n. reverential fear, or wonder: dread: ( arch. ) power to inspire awe.— v.t. to strike with or influence by fear.— adj. Awe′le , without fear.— n. Awe′le ne .— adjs. Awe′some , Aw′some ( Scot. ), full of awe: inspiring awe: weird, dreadful.— v.t. Awe′-strike , to strike with awe.— adjs. Awe′-struck , struck or affected with awe; Aw′ful , full of awe: dreadful: inspiring respect: expre ive of awe: ( slang ) ugly: and as a mere intensive of anything.— adv. Aw′fully (also in slang merely = very).— n. Aw′fulne . [Ice. agi , A.S. ege , fear; cog. with Gael. eaghal ; Gr. achos , anguish.]