APPALL

v. n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To make pale; to blanch. [Obs.] The answer that ye made to me, my dear, . . . Hath so appalled my countenance. Wyatt.

2.
v.

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.
v.

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.

4.
v.

To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged. [Obs.] Gower.

5.
v.

To lose flavor or become stale. [Obs.]

6.
n.

Terror; dismay. [Poet.] Cowper.

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