awe
verb/ɔː/
/ɔː/
[usually passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they awe | /ɔː/ /ɔː/ |
| he / she / it awes | /ɔːz/ /ɔːz/ |
| past simple awed | /ɔːd/ /ɔːd/ |
| past participle awed | /ɔːd/ /ɔːd/ |
| -ing form awing | /ˈɔːɪŋ/ /ˈɔːɪŋ/ |
- to fill somebody with awe
- be awed (by somebody/something) She seemed awed by the presence of so many famous people.
Word OriginOld English ege ‘terror, dread, awe’, replaced in Middle English by forms related to Old Norse agi.Want to learn more?
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