Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Overawe \O`ver*awe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overawed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Overawing}.]
   To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great
   fear.

         The king was present in person to overlook the
         magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror
         of his sword.                            --Spenser.