AWE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse agi; akin to Old English ege ~, Greek achos pain Date: 13th century an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime , 2. archaic dread , terror , the power to inspire dread, II. transitive verb (~d; awing) Date: 13th century to inspire with ~