overawe

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/əʊvəˈɹɔː/
See all 6 pronunciations
/əʊvəˈɹɔː/ · /oʊvɚˈɔ/ · /oʊvɚˈɑ/ (US) · /oʊvɚˈɒ/ · /əʉvəˈɹoː/ · /ɐʉvəˈɹoː/

Definition of overawe

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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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Etymology

From over- + awe.

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