Associations to the word «Overawe»

Wiktionary

OVERAWE, verb. (transitive) To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow. [from 16th c.]

Dictionary definition

OVERAWE, verb. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca