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to overawe
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to make someone feel fearful, intimidated, or too impressed to act freely
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
overawe
3rd person singular
overawes
Present participle
overawing
Past simple
overawed
Past participle
overawed
Examples
The teacher overawed the students with her strictness.
Lexical Tree
overawe
awe
