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Definition of Overawe
1. Verb. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats). "The performance is likely to overawe Sue"
Definition of Overawe
1. v. t. To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.
Definition of Overawe
1. Verb. (transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overawe
1. to subdue by inspiring awe [v -AWED, -AWING, -AWES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overawe
Literary usage of Overawe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"... province of New Brunswick to Que- >ec, would have given them various military
x>sitions to command and overawe that river and the fortress of Quebec. ..."
2. Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal Events in by John Clark Ridpath (1910)
"Suffice it to say that the whole issue, narrowed down to a point, was whether
Russia might now move southward, gain control of the Black Sea, overawe the ..."
3. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Guizot (François), Léopold Delisle (1854)
"... signifying the house of the Romans,1 and became the station of a Roman legion,
to overawe and command the provincials in the neighbourhood. ..."
4. Report of the Trial of James H. Peck: Judge of the United States District by James Hawkins Peck, Arthur Joseph Stansbury, United States Congress. Senate (1833)
"... together with that of their adherents and connexions; and thus to array against
the Judge a power which might overawe and control him in the decision of ..."
5. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"... or to intimidate or overawe both Houses or either House of Parliament; (c)
Attempting by an insurrection of whatever kind to effect any general public ..."
6. Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain by Albert Jean Michel Rocca, Maria Callcott (1815)
"... and to overawe the inhabitants of Madrid. ~• The English did not attempt to
attack Marshal Victor; they retired on the 3d August to ..."
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