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awe

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

awe / ô/ • n. a feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder: they gazed in awe at the small mountain of diamonds. ∎ archaic capacity to inspire awe: is it any wonder that Christmas Eve has lost its awe? • v. [tr.] (usu. be awed) inspire with awe: they were both awed by the vastness of the forest | [as adj.] (awed) he spoke in a hushed, awed whisper.

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awe

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

awe XIII. ME. aʒe — ON. agi :- *aʒan-, f. Gmc. *aʒ-, repr. by Goth. agis fear. The Scand. word displaced the native eie, eʒe, OE. eġe (:- *aʒiz).
Hence awe vb. XIV. awestruck XVII. awful XIII, awfully XIV.

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awe

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

awe •abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, squaw, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

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AWE

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

AWE Atomic Weapons Establishment

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "AWE." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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	Awe, Rackow give Whips plenty in reserve.(Sports) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 2/28/2003
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