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Appall

//əˈpɔːl// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To fill with horror or indignation; to dismay. transitive

    "The evidence put forth at the court appalled most of the jury."

  2. 2
    fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised wordnet
  3. 3
    To make pale; to blanch. obsolete, transitive

    "Thanſwere that ye made to me my dere whañ I did ſewe for my poore hartes redreſſe hathe ſo apalld my countenaunce […]"

  4. 4
    strike with disgust or revulsion wordnet
  5. 5
    To weaken; to reduce in strength obsolete, transitive

    "wine of it owne nature will not congeale and freeze, onely it will loose the strength, and become appalled in extremitie of cold."

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  1. 6
    To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. intransitive, obsolete
  2. 7
    To lose flavor or to become stale. intransitive, obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English apallen, from Old French apalir (“to grow pale, make pale”); a (Latin ad) + palir (“to grow pale, to make pale”), pâle (“pale”), from pallere. See pale (adj.) and compare with pall.

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