ETYMOLOGY
from awe (a feeling of terror or dread mixed with reverence) + bound (compelled, obliged)
EXAMPLE
“… As she uttered the interrogatory, she raised the rattle-snake in her hands, holding it so that it might be distinctly seen by those whom she addressed. The reptile hissed, accompanying the sibilation with a sharp “skirr” of its tail. Who could doubt that it was an answer in the affirmative?
Not the Yamassees, who stood awe-bound and trembling in the presence of the mighty sorceress. …”
From: Osceola the Seminole,
Or, The Red Fawn of the Flower Land
By Capt. Mayne Reid, 1858
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