What does overawe mean?
Overawe means (transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow..
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/əʊvəˈɹɔː/ · verb
(transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow..
None doe you like, but an effeminate Prince, Whom like a Schoole-boy you may ouer-awe.
His free and easy carriage evinced, that though acknowledging my assumptions, he was no way overawed by them; treating me as familiarly, indeed, as if I were a mere mortal, one of the abject generation of mushrooms.
He kept the biggest estates, and where he lacked troops to overawe the natives he evicted the natives and made a game reserve.
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Overawe means (transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow..
Common synonyms include cow.
Possible antonyms include underwhelm.
None doe you like, but an effeminate Prince, Whom like a Schoole-boy you may ouer-awe.
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