What is struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts called?
awful — Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [Obs.] A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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