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† inawe, enawe, v. Obs. rare.|ɪˈnɔː, ɛˈnɔː|
[f. in-2 (en-) + awe n.]
trans. To put in awe or fear; to awe, overawe.
1642Sir W. Brereton Let. to Cromwell in 13th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. i. 45 It would seem they [the Commissioners of Array] intend to enawe or expel our best ministers. 1645― Let. to Lenthall ibid. 317 Unless it be so that Sir Francis Gamull and Sir Richard Grosvenor..do enslave and inaw them hereunto. 1645–6Ibid. 336 Many of the citizens [of Chester] remain still so enthralled and enawed as that they dare not oppose nor resist. |