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<h1>Awe</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awe</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Awed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Awing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.</def>

<blockquote>That same eye whose bend doth <b>awe</b> the world. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His solemn and pathetic exhortation <b>awed</b> and melted the bystanders. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Awearied</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>A*wea"ried</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>Wearied.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark>

<h1>Aweary</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>A*wea"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>weary</ets>.]</ety> <def>Weary.</def> <mark>[Poetic]</mark> "I begin to be <i>aweary</i> of thee."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Aweather</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>A*weath"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>weather</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to <i>alee</i>; as, helm <i>aweather</i> !</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Aweigh</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>A*weigh"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>weigh</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Aweless</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awe"less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Awless</er>.</def>

<h1>Awesome</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awe"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Causing awe; appalling; awful; <as>as, an <ex>awesome</ex> sight</as>.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expressive of awe or terror.</def>

<blockquote>An <b>awesome</b> glance up at the auld castle. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Awesomeness</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awe"some*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being awesome.</def>

<h1>Awe-stricken</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awe"-strick`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Awe-struck.</def>

<h1>Awe-struck</h1> <Xpage=107>

<hw>Awe"-struck`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Struck with awe.</def>

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