单词 | appale |
释义 | † appaleapalev. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To become pale. Cf. appal v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [verb (intransitive)] > become or turn pale blakea1225 fallowa1250 blokec1275 bloknec1315 bleykec1327 blikena1400 falla1450 to paint pale (also white)a1529 blemish1530 appale1534 to turn (one's) colour1548 wan1582 bleak1605 whiten1775 blench1813 etiolate1882 1534 Prymer in Eng. sig. J.viij Wolde not euen shortly thy myrth abate, thy coloure apale thy flessh faynte. 2. To wax faint or feeble. Cf. appal v. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] > make weak or feeble appale1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 47 My blud with terror apaling. 1598 in R. Tofte Alba sig. A6 Like the Fire, whose heate doth soone appale. 3. To lose brightness or briskness; to become flat or stale, as liquor exposed to the air.The quot. from Palsgrave at appal v. uses the spellings appalle and appale. ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 433/1 I appalle, as drinke dothe or wyne, whan it leseth his colour, or ale whan it hath stande longe. Je appalys. This wyne is appaled all redy. 4. transitive. To make pale, to dim. Cf. appal v. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [verb (transitive)] worsec1175 worsena1250 appair1297 impair1297 pairc1330 aggregea1382 appalea1500 emperish1509 empyre1566 worser1590 worst1602 improve1609 pejorate1653 vilioratea1722 misimprove1847 nastify1873 the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > lose colour [verb (transitive)] > make pale pale?a1425 palish1484 appalea1500 pall1539 pallify1576 empale1604 sickly1604 bepale1640 impallid1661 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)] fordima1050 dima1300 indim?1520 pall1539 bedim1582 efisc1656 appale1686 defalcate1808 bedull1836 scumble1905 a1500 Early Eng. Misc. (1859) 28 Now ame I dede, my colour is appalyde. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens iv. sig. Pijv They be applyed..to clense and appale ye lepry. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ii. 162 The sullen Fog..apaling the brightness. 5. To cause to fade or wane, to weaken, enfeeble. Cf. appal v. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) to thin off, downc900 feeblea1340 allayc1450 debilite1483 mollify1496 weak1502 geld?1507 water1529 appale?1530 labefact?1539 debilitate1541 mortify1553 effeeble1571 dilutea1575 soften1576 unsinew1599 melt1600 infringe1604 weaken1609 unbenda1616 dissinew1640 slacken1663 thin1670 resolve1715 imbecilitate1809 imbecile1829 to let down1832 to water down1832 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally > impair the action or effectiveness of maimc1395 appale?1530 embezzle1566 weaken1639 cripple1694 derange1776 enfeeble1860 bosh1870 dent1931 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > weaken (something immaterial) > specific faith, resolve, or conviction appale?1530 weaken1848 ?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. Cviv Reuiued the fayth of crist whiche was sore appalid. 1588 T. Churchyard Sparke of Frendship sig. C3 Any thing..that may impeach, hinder, or appale the good name and credite of them. 1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 7 Whose learning is no whit appayled, nor courage daunted. 6. To make pale with fear, to dismay. Cf. appal v. 8. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)] awec1225 bashc1375 palla1393 argh1393 formengea1400 matea1400 boasta1522 quail1526 brag1551 appale1563 browbeat1581 adaw1590 overdare1590 dastard1593 strike1598 disdare1612 cowa1616 dare1619 daw1631 bounce1640 dastardize1645 intimidate1646 hector1664 out-hector1672 huff1674 bully1685 harass1788 bullyraga1790 major1829 haze1851 bullock1875 to push (someone) around1900 to put the frighteners in, on1958 psych1963 vibe1979 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing physical symptoms > cause physical symptoms [verb (transitive)] > make pale with fear appale1563 bleachc1760 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xix Dread and dolour erst did so appale. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 14 No..trouping horsmen can apale the virago. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 566 Make mad the guilty, and appale the free. View more context for this quotation 1651 Poem in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 135 'Twas not a Prison could his heart apale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.a1500 |
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