Ap*pall" (#), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Appalled (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Appalling.] [OF. appalir to grow pale, make pale; a (L. ad) + palir to grow pale, to make pale, pale pale. See Pale, a., 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.
Whine, 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.
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Ap*pall", v. i.
1.
To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged.
[Obs.]
Gower.
2.
To lose flavor or become stale.
[Obs.]
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Ap*pall", n.
Terror; dismay.
[Poet.]
Cowper.
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