† inawe, enawe, v. Obs. rare.
(ɪˈnɔː, ɛˈnɔː)
[f. in-2 (en-) + awe n.]
trans. To put in awe or fear; to awe, overawe.
| 1642 Sir 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. 1645–6 Ibid. 336 Many of the citizens [of Chester] remain still so enthralled and enawed as that they dare not oppose nor resist. |