overawe

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verb

subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe;
frighten (as with threats)
• Syn:
cow
• Derivationally related forms:
coward (for: cow)
• Hypernyms:
awe
• Hyponyms:
buffalo
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Sam cannot overawe Sue
- The performance is likely to overawe Sue