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awe

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Noun

  1. A feeling of fear and reverence.
  2. A feeling of amazement.
  3. Power to inspire awe.
  4. A bucket (blade) attached to water wheels.

Verb

  1. To inspire fear and reverence in.
  2. To control by inspiring dread.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A short river between Loch Awe and Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland; in full, the River Awe.
  3. The station code of AsiaWorld–Expo in Hong Kong.

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