7 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- French auvebor. English awe English overawe From over- + awe.
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