Awestrike

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck. archaic, transitive

    "Behold the God himself, whose dreadful brow Awe-strikes the soul to speechless homage!"

Etymology

Back-formation from awestruck. By surface analysis, awe + strike

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