Awing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

awing
    adj 1: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an
           amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring
           sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this
           sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some
           hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing
           majesty, so vast, so high, so silent" [syn: {amazing},
           {awe-inspiring}, {awesome}, {awful}, {awing}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Awing \A*wing"\, adv. [Pref. a- + wing.]
   On the wing; flying; fluttering. --Wallace.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Awing}.]
   To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
   control by inspiring dread.
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         That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
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         His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
         bystanders.                              --Macaulay.
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