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Meanings of overawe in English

Catalan
espantar
Spanish
amenazar

To inspire fear or hesitation due to fear.

        espantar
        Usage of overawe in English
        1
        These are not the men who can overawe the compact California community.
        The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
        2
        He must submit to our test even in order to overawe us.
        Heretics
        3
        They did enough damage to provoke, but not to overawe, the Indians.
        The Winning of the West, Volume 3 / The Founding of the Trans-Al...
        4
        Everything was done to demoralize, frighten and overawe judges, witnesses and jurors.
        The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII. / Interviews
        5
        He will show fight, and it may save bloodshed to overawe him.
        Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
        6
        China's resolve to overawe markets into rising seems to harden daily.
        Reuters
        7
        A strong fort must be built on the Illinois, to overawe the Indians.
        A School History of the United States
        8
        The magistrates, to their amazement, found they could not overawe the young upstart.
        Lloyd George: The Man and His Story
        9
        Heald had only sixty-six men, not nearly enough to overawe the surrounding Indians.
        The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812
        10
        They asserted that the real purpose of the troops was to overawe their governments.
        Formation of the Union, 1750-1829
        11
        You could not always overawe people, or bludgeon them, either.
        Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
        12
        He may, indeed, build barrack after barrack to overawe them.
        Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
        13
        The grandeur there would overawe a beetle like Piper Hecht.
        Surrender to the will of the night
        14
        If they can't overawe us, by God, they'll assassinate us.
        Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
        15
        We accordingly stood in towards the town, hoping that our appearance would overawe the enemy.
        Ben Burton: Born and Bred at Sea
        16
        He practiced the politics of terror to overawe opposition.
        1492 the year our world began
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        Spanish
        amenazar
        Overawe through the time
        Overawe across language varieties
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