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Webster 1913 Edition


Appall

Ap-pall′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Appalled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Appalling
.]
[OF.
appalir
to grow pale, make pale;
a
(L.
ad
) +
pâlir
to grow pale, to make pale,
pâle
pale. See Pale,
Adj.
, and cf.
Pall
.]
1.
To make pale; to blanch.
[Obs.]
The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . .
Hath so
appalled
my countenance.
Wyatt.
2.
To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce;
as, an old
appalled
wight
.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become
appalled
in extremity of cold.
Holland.
3.
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay;
as, the sight
appalled
the stoutest heart
.
The house of peers was somewhat
appalled
at this alarum.
Clarendon.
Syn. – To dismay; terrify; daunt; frighten; affright; scare; depress. See
Dismay
.

Ap-pall′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
[Obs.]
Gower.
2.
To lose flavor or become stale.
[Obs.]

Ap-pall′

,
Noun.
Terror; dismay.
[Poet.]
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Appall

APPALL'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. palleo, to become pale. See Pale.]
1.
To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear, in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart.
2.
To reduce, allay or destroy; as, to appall thirst. [Unusual.]

APPALL'

,
Verb.
I.
To grow faint; to be dismayed.

Definition 2024


appall

appall

English

Alternative forms

  • appal (occasionally in Commonwealth English)

Verb

appall (third-person singular simple present appalls, present participle appalling, simple past and past participle appalled)

  1. (transitive) To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to inundate with sudden terror or horror; to dismay.
    The sight appalled the stoutest heart.
    • Edward Hyde Claredon
      The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To make pale; to blanch.
    • Wyatt
      The answer that ye made to me, my dear, [] / Hath so appalled my countenance.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce.
    • Holland
      Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To lose flavour or become stale.

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