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English verb: overawe | |||
| 1. | overawe (emotion) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot overawe Sue , The performance is likely to overawe Sue | ||
| Synonyms | cow | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | awe | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | buffalo | ||
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