awe

1. (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.Examples: "That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens."Synonyms: enthral, enthrall, overwhelm

2. (transitive) To control by inspiring dread.Examples: "While a sense of outrage is the only rational response to atrocity, if that outrage is maintained at too high a level over too long a time it can generate feelings of impotence, as we permit ourselves to be awed by this irrational act of violence."

1. (obsolete) A bucket (blade) attached to water wheels.

1. (rail transport) The station code of AsiaWorld–Expo in Hong Kong.