Definition of "overawe" []

• To control or subdue by inspiring awe. (verb-transitive)

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• "No wealth will bribe, no name overawe, no artifice deceive, the guardian of those Elysian gates."
• "No wealth will bribe, no name overawe, no artifice deceive, the guardian of those Elysian gates, In the deep sense, no vile or vulgar person ever enters there."
• ""I saw no attempt to 'overawe' us," said the young girl."