to stand in awe of
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Awe \Awe\ ([add]), n. [OE. a[yogh]e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, [=o]ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. [root]3. Cf. Ugly.]
1.Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent] [1913 Webster]
His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe.— Cowper.[1913 Webster]
2.The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. [1913 Webster]
There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear.— Keble.[1913 Webster]
To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power.— C. J. Smith.[1913 Webster]
To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly. [1913 Webster]
Syn: See Reverence. [1913 Webster]