- (v.t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
- (n.) Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
- (n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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